What I heard this summer September 27, 2018By Archbishop William E. Lori Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary I will report back to you what I’ve heard and how these heartfelt comments, no matter how hard they are to hear at times, will help to shape necessary reforms in our local Church and how they will inform my own contributions to the urgent conversations that are happening at higher levels of our Church.
Oktoberfest carries new meaning September 27, 2018By Kevin J. Parks Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary A visit with his aunt leads Catholic Review visual journalist Kevin J. Parks to discover more about his German heritage.
Hoops for Haiti September 26, 2018By Loyola Blakefield Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Missions Students from Loyola Blakefield in Towson recently participated in a mission trip to Haiti, where 80 percent of the population lives below the poverty level.
The way forward in an age of attention deficit September 25, 2018By Brett Robinson Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary Each new media technology has given the church new channels for sharing the joy of the Gospel, but the story has not always gotten through.
Praying with children September 20, 2018By John Garvey Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Intellect and Virtue The faith of the world’s young people is precisely what the present crisis is destroying. It will not be enough, though it is certainly necessary, for the church to root out the evil in her midst and bring about some semblance of justice.
Tintoretto and the Reform of the Church September 18, 2018By Bishop Robert Barron Filed Under: Commentary, Word on Fire Tintoretto sheds considerable light on this issue of Apostolic weakness and strength in the very manner in which he has arranged the figures in his composition
Good and bad ideas on church reform September 13, 2018By Richard Doerflinger Filed Under: A More Human Society, Commentary Charges against former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, and those who allegedly covered up his abuses and advanced him to an advisory role at the Vatican, must be investigated and proved or disproved.
Sweden’s Catholic past and future September 11, 2018By Greg Erlandson Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary For the past 500 years, Catholicism has made little impression on Sweden. Yet perhaps even now in this ardently secular country, there are small signs of change.
I have seen the face of Christ September 10, 2018By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Amen, Amen Gunty Commentary, Commentary Many years ago, I read an essay that pointed out that the church – whose head is Christ – must have a dual nature: like Jesus, both divine and human. If the church were not human, it would not be riddled with sinners and all that sin brings into our lives; but if the church were not divine, it could not have lasted two millennia, the argument went.
A time to repent September 5, 2018By Archbishop William E. Lori Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary The ongoing sexual abuse crisis in the Church has hit us with full force following the revelations concerning Archbishop Theodore McCarrick, former archbishop of Washington, and the Pennsylvania grand jury report. Once again, we were confronted with a tsunami of evil: the evil of those who perpetrated unspeakable crimes against children and young people; and […]
Pearls amid junk September 3, 2018By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom When you look at infinite space and countless solar systems and stars and galaxies, we’re part of a creation that is truly worthy of God.
When hard conversations have to happen September 1, 2018By Laura Kelly Fanucci Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Commentary, Guest Commentary For children’s sake, for our church’s sake, for the sake of our own souls, we cannot choose the easy way out and avoid what is difficult to say or do.
