Religious Life
Tall Orders
Seminaries have four to five years of post-college priestly formation to train men to be leaders of the small “corporations” that parishes have become.
Inside the Seminary
Any college-aged man entering a Catholic seminary during the ongoing crisis of the priestly sexual-abuse scandals does so with a certain amount of self-...
Obama's Breakfast Prayer
If a president says anything critical about what Christians may have done at any point in history, he's destined to be attacked for engaging in “moral equivalence."
Letter from Rome
It only took thirty-five years, but the Vatican’s Congregation for Saints finally recognized what almost every rational Catholic in the world had already known.
Not Ours to Mend
John Garvey wrote about our self-delusions, especially of control and autonomy, and our ways of propping them up, and his columns could be spiked with hilarity.
True Confession
I used to think something tragic had happened to bring a person back to confession after so long, perhaps a loss or grim diagnosis. That's almost never the case.
The Great Reformer
Through exposing Pope Francis's accomplishments, Ivereigh lovingly presents “the concrete Catholic thing” as something that has the power to create true solidarity.
Born from the Gaze of God
Written before he and seven fellow monks were kidnapped and beheaded in 1996, this personal journal reflects story of Algeria in crisis and courageous spirituality.
Remembering We're Not in Charge
When we try to be in charge of anything, including our spiritual life, we can narrow ourselves and limit what we might be given. We are part of something larger.
'I Want to Be a Sister'
Where do the desires that direct your life find their source? And how and when do they assert themselves through all unlikelihood and doubt?
The Nuns of Sant'Ambrogio
Sexual misdeeds, false identities, cult worship, theft, and murder; If this astonishing tale were not true, it could be the work of an accomplished mystery writer.
Last Word: Greetings, Citizen
We are defined by what we love, and love of the common good enhances and completes us in a way the individual, private good is unable to do.
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