“The Advent season prepares us to see the incarnation with the Passion in mind. God is all-powerful and in the incarnation is all-vulnerable. Both things are true.”
In the fourth week of Advent, we celebrate the authentic encounter between Mary and Elizabeth, seeking to welcome one another with that same grace and respect.
With John the Baptist and Mary as our guides, we can rejoice—not because our troubles have come to an end, but because we see the nativity of Jesus on the horizon.
Those who would follow him, Jesus tells us, must love their enemies. Those words issue a challenge for all Americans interested in redeeming democracy’s promise .
How should faith leaders and policymakers respond to the rise of AI? A bishop and a White House official sit down for a dialogue on algorithms and human dignity.
East Africa is in the midst of the worst drought in living memory. Devastation here will not be the result of some natural evil so much as our own lack of care.
Men in the industrialized world seem to have lost their groove. We need a new vision of masculinity adequate to our current social and economic circumstances.