Focus

In India, a truly outstanding road map for creating gender equality

Apr 29, 2015

The 2010 document by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) on gender policy has the ambitious goal of integrating gender justice into societal structures at every level of the Indian Church, from the parish to the Bishops’ Conference itself.
Food for Thought

Apr 22, 2015

Long before he became pontiff, Pope Francis seemed to have a special devotion to Mary.
Reconciling two ways of seeing Mary

Apr 22, 2015

I once heard someone describe the Virgin Mary as the “culmination of evolution.”
Viewing the humanity in Mary as a woman of her time

Apr 22, 2015

A few years ago, a survey was conducted around the world of parents of young children. The survey asked these parents what qualities they would like their children to have when they grew up.
Religious leaders taking significant action

Apr 22, 2015

In places like the Himalayas, religious leaders are already taking significant action to address climate change, said Dekila Chungyalpa, a visiting fellow at the School of Forestry and Environmental Science.
US Congress slow to confront climate change

Apr 22, 2015

The US Congress has been sluggish in confronting climate change.
The next papal encyclical on the environment will matter

Apr 22, 2015

As anticipation builds in progressive Catholic circles about the forthcoming papal encyclical on the environment.
Food for Thought

Apr 15, 2015

In one of the first interviews he granted after becoming pontiff in 2013, Pope Francis addressed a worry many have: doubt. People may feel afraid to talk about it, but it might be something that can help us on the path of faith.
When doubt sneaks in

Apr 15, 2015

“Everything is possible to one who has faith.” So declares Jesus, as he is about to cure a man’s son possessed by an “unclean” spirit in Mark 9:23.
Wandering through doubt to reach a profound faith

Apr 15, 2015

The words of Jesus spoken to Thomas the apostle capture succinctly the issue of faith and doubt.