Christmas is a chance again to discover who we are. God came into the world in the form of a baby because God always comes into the world that way.
Jeers to cheers
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Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom
Commentary
A new St. Nicholas to gather us to hearth and home
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Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary
Perhaps we need a new, albeit very different, St. Nicholas. Someone who recognizes our poverty, a poverty of attention and time, and can fill our homes and hearts with something far more valuable than more screens and chocolate coins.
Tolkien, Chesterton, and the Adventure of Mission
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Filed Under: Commentary, Word on Fire
We Christians don’t stay in hobbit holes; we go on adventure.
Gospel of Capra
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Filed Under: Amen, Amen McMullen Commentary, Commentary, Local News
This year the Christmas classic “It’s A Wonderful Life” hit closer to home than ever for Managing Editor Paul McMullen.
The challenge of John Chau
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Filed Under: Commentary, Word on Fire
Say what you want about his prudence. I will speak of him with honor.
Greatest gifts
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Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church
The weeks leading up to Christmas are their own gift, offering a time for us to ready our hearts and consider the enormity of the real miracle of Christmas.
Everyone’s story
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Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom
Christmas reminds us that God, as Christ, has entered our world again in person to let us know that God never abandons us, that evil ultimately will not triumph.
Bishops stymied in response to abuse
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Filed Under: Behind the Headlines, Blog, Child & Youth Protection, Commentary, McCarrick Report
We all wanted some definitive answers by now. God willing, February and June – the next U.S. bishops meeting – will bring the remedies that victim-survivors of sexual abuse, and the whole church, desperately need.
Time and presence
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Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary
Pope Francis often tells us to accompany one another on the bumpy road of life. He means that we need to focus, not on ourselves, but on the other. This is what the gift of presence means.
The church and single parents/ Realistic portrayal of Crucifixion
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner
Father Doyle fields questions about single parents and depictions of the Crucifixion.
Children of all ages
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Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary
Kevin Parks, Catholic Review visual journalist, reflects on some recent assignments that bring the preciousness of life and joy into focus.
Say an Ave there for me
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Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Intellect and Virtue, Respect Life
What many Americans may still not realize is that Ireland is embracing the culture of death with a zeal and gusto that few other countries — even traditionally secularized ones — would be so foolish as to imitate.
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