Sacrifice was certainly a central factor in the catholic spirituality of my youth. We attended the "sacrifice of the Mass" daily. Sacrifice was not...
Religion
Essays explaining our faith, including stories about church teaching, Vatican documents, canon law, liturgical theology, and other Catholic topics.
Mary Sue Williams and Cathy Miettunen lived just a few blocks apart in a tree-lined, middle-class neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota when both went through...
The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God. One cannot pray unless he has faith in his own ability to accost the infinite, merciful, eternal...
Among the remarkable side effects of the conflict between the United States and Iraq has been the revival of the just war theory, the set of ethical...
One night in 1967, Marcelino Ramos entered the United States illegally in the trunk of a car. Crammed with him as the smuggler's car crossed the border...
This is a test. Please concentrate. What name pops up when you think: Catholic Church and science? OK, try another. The Catholic Church and literature;...
What kind of changes has the 20th century brought to Catholics in the United States? If I were a sociologist in 1900 and someone asked me to predict how...
Let's get right to the heart of the matter and talk about the fancy "S word." What exactly is "supersessionism," which you say is at...
Racism is a sin: a sin that divides the human family, blots out the image of God among specific members of the family, and violates the fundamental human...
Back in the day, the rock band The Doors performed a song titled “Petition the Lord with Prayer.” Its refrain ran-in contrast to the title...
