Holy Destinations: St. Louis in Good Intent
St. Louis in Good Intent is the next stop on the Leaven's year-long tour of the Archdiocese.
U.S. scholar: Bible texts taken out of context lead to fundamentalism
Most people have never heard a homily preached on Deuteronomy 20:10-18. It's kind of difficult to apply these God-given rules of war to daily life in the 21st century.
Former garbage picker challenges eucharistic congress to help poor
Maria Georgia "Maggie" Cogtas of Cebu told of a childhood without playing, only tough work as a garbage picker at dumpsites, construction sites and on the streets.
With unemployment more than 80 percent, Zimbabweans struggle for basics
With poverty on the rise and a drought compounding Zimbabwe's problems, people are struggling to make ends meet, and the poor are becoming poorer, church workers said.
Column: It’s a pressing task, but we’re glad to do it
Well, February is almost here . . . again.
Column: Jesus’ ministry grew dangerous long before his passion
The Gospel reading cautions us about the dangers of going along with the crowd.
Column: Program helps us turn to God when we might have turned to food
I do not know about you, but it is usually about the end of January that all my New Year’s resolutions begin to unravel.
The March goes on
With “Snowzilla” poised to start clobbering Washington, D.C., and the eastern seaboard any minute, almost every group from the archdiocese had to make the tough decision to head back home before the annual March for…
Let one of these writers be your guide this Lent
if all it takes is a little old-fashioned Catholic guilt to get you to the gym on time, you’ll be happy to hear there is a big fat load of Lent coming your way —…
Msgr. McGlinn’s new book compiles his favorite ‘poem prayers’ in one place
And in his retirement, the former vicar general has done it again in a really big way.