Weekly Update

Recent American Catholic dialogue concerning immigration has been raising thorny issues. Where are we to begin?

After the Italian government has banned its citizens from having surrogate babies (even beyond its borders), questions about the practice bear consideration.

We need to use tools and not be used by them; we need to be humanized by tools and not diminished by them.

Few people will be shocked to hear that the academy is in crisis - but the true nature of the crisis is overlooked by many.

"Look what God has done!" Well, what has God done?

What is power? What is authority? And what do either have to do with Christian life?

Has "the new atheism" met its match in the rise of "the new theism"?

A beautiful Polish tradition may hold a key for our living this Jubilee Year fruitfully.

“The fear of death has been swallowed up; life brings us joy with the promise of eternal happiness. No one is shut out from this joy; all share the same reason for rejoicing.”

After five years of restoration work, Notre Dame reopened in Paris.