Weekly Update

The celebration of the Holy Triduum is one of the most significant things going on in the world over the course of the next several days, even from a human point of view.

Archbishop Broglio reminds us that the Church and the faithful’s duty is not first of all to a given political party – neither is, in fact, “us” wholesale.

How are we to approach arguments over the United States cutting aid to foreign nations - in particular, aid in the form of contraceptives?

When it comes to technology, perhaps there’s a wisdom in our revulsion toward certain developments.

Wars around the world can only be understood within a proper context of religious belief and human fallenness.

What we believe is true about the world governs the way we live in it, whether we acknowledge that or not.

The secularization narrative in American culture appears to have ground to a halt. What does the trend away from Christianity - and the halting of that trend - tell us?

As Catholics, we may be concerned about who the Pope may be, but never with the expectation that he’ll be the source of our common salvation or devastation.

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.