Church as Family
By Neil Dhingra
Should we think of the church as a family?
Tolstoy famously wrote, “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,” and the line also seems to apply to the ch... Read More...
The claims of conscience
The conscience is not sovereign. God, who sits as judge on the last day, is sovereign.
Atheists at prayer for Christmas
Spencer Case: “Dear God, I have come to the conclusion you probably don’t exist, but I’ve also come to the conclusion that any one view I hold may turn out to be mistaken, however unlikely the odds seem.”
A Catholic on the Reformation
The Holy Spirit has given gifts to all people who love Jesus and follow him as Lord.
Bringing back the ’Gesimas: A liturgical proposal
Pruned of the Gesimas, Lent is a far less coherent season. Ash Wednesday comes out of the blue, as congregants spent the Sunday prior contemplating the splendors of the Holy Mount.
Worship or works? Engaging Michael Curry and Richard Rohr
Christian worship and Christian ethics are inextricably bound up together.
A Catholic observer in Rome?
When all roads to union seem closed, perhaps the only way forward is more blood, more tears, more prayer, and, above all, more love.
Cardinal Walter Kasper and Vatican II
"The Catholic Church of the 21st century will have a charismatic face," declared Cardinal Walter Kasper in the National Cathedral. His keynote address was the highlight for me of the conference held at Georgetown University "Vatican II: Remembering the Future" (May 21-24).