We began just after daybreak. One by one, the brigades filed out of the parking lot, each singing a different hymn. Turning away from the water, the lengthening line of pilgrims snaked up the hill toward a colossal statue of St. Isaac Jogues. This St. Isaac was not the bashful youth of prayer cards. . . . . Continue Reading »
In recent decades, the Civil War has received an increasing amount of attention from historians. Some of this scholarship has focused on the role religion played in the war. In The Civil War as a Theological Crisis (2006), Mark Noll describes the Civil War as a turning point in the . . . . Continue Reading »
Confession: Catholics, Repentance, and Forgiveness in America by patrick w. carey oxford, 392 pages, $34.95 In the 2013 Joseph Gordon-Levitt romantic comedy Don Jon, the porn-obsessed title character hits the confessional, reels off his usual list of sins against chastity, and then . . . . Continue Reading »
An appropriate pastoral response to a genuine crisis should be vigorously defended at February’s global gathering of bishops. Continue Reading »
Jesus tells His apostles, “Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves” (Matt 10:16). But for many Catholics, the wolves have been our own shepherds. Continue Reading »
The Holy See's intervention last Monday sounded like a hard reversal of Rome's synodal message. Continue Reading »
The Vatican has left the US hierarchy in an impossible position. Continue Reading »
The 2018 Fall General Assembly of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops may be one of the most important meetings in the history of American Catholicism. Continue Reading »
The Church can only be healed if evil is exposed. Continue Reading »
Some needed perspective on the Catholic circumstance in the United States. Continue Reading »
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