Is it that some people simply cannot tolerate Christian beliefs being held by anyone, spoken by anyone, influencing anyone?
Culture and Society
FORUM: What We Should Really Be Thankful for This Thanksgiving: Grace, Salvation, Mercy and Holiness
“I encourage every family to ask themselves, and ask the Lord, what they can do this year so that by next Thanksgiving others will have experienced God’s blessings through their efforts”
FORUM: “Allahu akbar” Was Never a Call to Violence and Destruction
“No one can speak for Islam as a whole; it has no commonly regarded orthodoxy”
ANALYSIS: Religious Practice in America: Mixed Results, But Religion Is Still Important
Survey Looks at Landscape
FORUM: The Courage of Jesus Christ
A community of support for those with same-sex attraction brings courage to carry the cross
Respecting Rights and Freedoms: Australia’s Attorney General Speaks Out
Is Anti-Catholicism the New Racism?
Irish Bishops to Legislators: In Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Debate, Think of Children’s Rights
Open letter recalls: “Religious and non-religious people alike have long acknowledged and know from their experience that the family, based on the marriage of a woman and a man, is the best and ideal place for children”
FORUM: “Ross Douthat and the Catholic Academy”
“The letter to the Times is indicative indeed of a much wider problem in our intellectual culture, namely, the tendency to avoid real argument and to censor what makes us, for whatever reason, uncomfortable”
After Wife Dies of Colon Cancer, Man Starts Meal Company for Terminally Ill
‘Bene Plates’ Desiged to Deliver Food Locally and Nationally
Forum: “The Martian” and Why Each Life Matters
“The classical Christian tradition, with its roots in the Bible, would argue that there is a qualitative and not merely quantitative difference between human beings and other animals”
St. Louis Archbishop Releases Statement on Immigration, Laments National Discourse Marked by ‘Discrimination, Hate, Alienation’
“I recognize, too, that work on behalf of immigration reform can cultivate seeds of discord and division among our faithful when viewed independently of the light of faith. Yet, as members of the one Body of Christ, we remain confident in our faith”
Forum: Pope Francis and True Mercy
In speaking of mercy and inclusivity, the Pope is decidedly not declaring that “I’m okay and you’re okay.” He is calling people to conversion.
Analysis: Being a Catholic Man
Letter From Bishop Olmsted of Phoenix: Satan Attacks Fatherhood Because Dads Should Give Us Idea of God
Forum: Brian Williams, Chris Matthews, and Letting the Fly Out of the Fly Bottle
“I told Matthews that I thought it was very important to revisit the largely unrealized aspiration of the Vatican II fathers to empower the laity to sanctify the world”
Forum: The Pope, The Congress, and a Trappist Monk
“When a sense of God evanesces-as it has increasingly in our secularized Western world-all we have left for understanding human affairs are psychological and political categories”
A Family Moved by Pope’s US Visit
With Four Little Ones, Proud Parents Wanted Children to Have a Moment to Remember for a Lifetime
A Living Angel in Philadelphia
Man Wins Tickets to See Pope, Decides to Give Them Away
Andrea Bocelli: Pope Francis Is Gift From Heaven, Blessing to World
World Famous Tenor Says Visit Has Been Opportunity to Embrace a Man of God
Loved Ones of 9/11 Victims Say Faith Is What Gets Them Through
At Ground Zero for Pope’s Visit, Mourners Take Solace in Francis’ Presence
Our Lady Queen of Angels in East Harlem Will Speak to Pope ‘Unscripted’
Inside Look at Catholic School Francis Visits Tomorrow; Little Ones Ready to Ask Him How He Manages to Do All He Does
Grad Students at Catholic University of America Share Reactions to Pope’s Visit to Their Campus, Before and After
Speak About ‘Power to the Papal’ Across Campus, Why Clean-Up Crew Is Awesome Assignment for Papal Mass, and What Characteristics of Francis They Appreciate Most
Catholic Charities Leaders Are Ready for Pope’s Visit
Expecting a Blessing, and After That, It’s All Up to Him
Culture and Society•Interviews
INTERVIEW: Washington Homeless Man: ‘I Am So Blessed; Can’t Ask for Anything More’
Hurricane Katrina Victim, Charles, Says ‘I’ll Be Graced by Francis’ Touch’ Ahead of Seeing Pope When He Visits Catholic Charities in Washington Tomorrow
Forum: Let Those Who Have Ears
“This week, I’ll try to receive Pope Francis as he is: as the Vicar of Christ, the Bishop of Rome, and as a man, a brother in Christ”
FORUM: To Deny Reality
“Catholics must do all that they can to avoid cooperation with a false notion of marriage. In some cases, this might require resignation—a heroic witness to the sacred meaning of marriage”
FORUM: Your Life Does Not Belong to You
“We are built for worship, and therefore in the absence of God, we will make some other value our ultimate concern. Wealth, power, pleasure, and honor have all played the role of false gods over the course of the human drama, but today especially, freedom itself has emerged as the ultimate good, as the object of worship”
Cardinal Thanks Queen for 63 Years of Service
“Our hope is that, enriched by the presence of many beliefs and cultures, our country will always maintain respect for our Christian heritage”
Ahead of Pope’s US Visit, New Poll Considers Catholicism in America
Pew Research Center Surveys Catholic Attitudes on Family Issues
Detroit Archbishop’s Homily to Ministers Working for Those With Same-Sex Attraction
“But stumbling is not a tragic failure when one is accompanying a brother or sister to the promised land”
FORUM: Stephen Colbert, J.R.R. Tolkien, John Henry Newman, and the Providence of God
“St. John Paul II commented that, for people of faith, there are no coincidences”
