From the archives: In entering into the mystery of all saints and all souls, we can't be sure what we'll encounter but we embrace fear and obscurity even as we hope.
The challenges of Eucharistic coherence and abortion require distinct responses from American bishops. Trying to address them together will only harm them both.
“Did a sensitive, intellectually alert priest see in me a young protégé, perhaps a future seminarian? Or was a lonely man impelled by a less salutary desire?”
George Scialabba has provided not just a profound account of depression, but a reminder of how precarious our lives can be, and how much we need each other.