This afternoon Joseph Bottum, former editor of First Things whose article in Commonweal on same-sex marriage ignited a firestorm of Internet commentary over the weekend, spoke with Al Kresta on his radio show about the […]
As summer winds down and the congressional August recess dwindles, the efforts of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and other advocates of immigration reform are still at a high level. “We’re in a […]
Readings: • Is 66:18-21 • Ps 117:1, 2 • Heb 12:5-7, 11-13 • Lk 13:22-30 Over the past few weeks we have heard, in the readings from the Gospel according to St. Luke, about Jesus […]
The National Catholic Register recently published a piece, “LCWR 2013 Assembly: Little Evidence Yet of Any Reforms” (Aug. 20, 2013), by Ann Carey, a CWR contributor and author of the recently published Sisters in Crisis: […]
“[O]ne cannot abstract from the historical situation of the nation or attack the cultural identity of the people. Consequently, one cannot passively accept, still less actively support, groups which by force or by the manipulation […]
Ultimately the proper response to the question is probably: anywhere, anytime, because it is the same Mass, the same sacrifice of the Lord on the Cross at Calvary. But having said that, try to consider […]
In a more than 9,000 word essay for Commonweal, claiming a basis in the work of Thomas Aquinas and of Pope Francis, former editor of First Things Joseph Bottum has announced his support for same-sex […]
At first it sounds like a familiar tale: a small-town boy eager to break free from his roots and follow the lure of city life. In doing so, he comes to reject much of his […]
Pope Francis is contemplating a major reworking of the top-level administrative machinery of the Church. Commentators sometimes describe this as “reforming the Roman Curia,” but if the Pope’s own words—together with public and private proposals […]
Not every saint is a mystic. Not every mystic is a saint. And not every 300-pound, cigar-smoking journalist is both a saint and a mystic. But I’m quite sure at least one of them is. […]
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