Seeing Jesus Through the Eyes of Mary
COMMENTARY: Message of new book that offers a rich, multilayered filter through which to read the Gospel of John: ‘Lectio divina’ beats board games.
Results from Tag: 'janet e. smith'
Preaching and the Election: How Not to Get in Trouble but Still Be Effective
COMMENTARY: Now is precisely the time for homilies on abortion.
Black Lives Matter: What’s a Parent to Do?
COMMENTARY: Advice for parents on how to talk to their children who fail to make a distinction between protests against serious injustices against Black people and the Black Lives Matter Global Network.
Revictimizing the Victims of Sexual Abuse
COMMENTARY: Bishops and dioceses must answer the phone calls of victims, meet with them, hear their stories and empathize with them. That is not too much to ask.
The Shepherds the Church Needs Now
COMMENTARY: Bishops need to make themselves daily guests in the living rooms (or prayer spaces) of their flock.
Hussein’s Journey: A Response to Father James Martin
COMMENTARY: A Catholic campus should offer truth scientifically, psychologically, sociologically and theologically.
Don’t Despair: Hope Is Found in Church’s Faithful, a Rock-Solid Stratum
COMMENTARY: There is a segment of Catholicism that is virtually immovable in their commitment to the faith.
Priests, to Save the Church, Answer the Call to Save Souls and Seek the Lord Above All
BOOK PICK: The Priests We Need to Save the Church
Does the Notre Dame Survey Demonstrate That Seminaries Are Safe?
COMMENTARY: The report suggests that sexual misconduct at some seminaries is rare, but it does not give an indication how large that group of ‘some’ is.
One Academic to Others: A Brief for Prudence on the Case of the John Paul II Institute
COMMENTARY: There is a synergy among these institutes that may unfortunately change should any one of them take on a ‘different direction.’
