by John D. Pierce | Dec 6, 2013 | Opinion
By John Pierce Regular churchgoers know the traditions well: when to stand, when to sit, when to bow one’s head in a prayerful manner to check the time when the third point of the sermon seems a bit extended. Then there are practices known only, or mostly, to...
by Leroy Seat | Dec 6, 2013 | Opinion
A year ago at this time, I wrote about “God’s Samurai.” That was what Capt. Mitsuo Fuchida, the lead pilot of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, was called after he later became a Christian. This column is more about that same story, but it centers...
by Martin Marty | Dec 6, 2013 | Opinion
“Pope attacks ‘tyranny’ of markets in manifesto” (Chicago Tribune, Nov. 26); “Pope Assails ‘New Tyranny’ of Unchecked Capitalism” (Wall Street Journal, Nov. 26); “Pope Francis the Revolutionary” (Wall Street...
by Barry Howard | Dec 6, 2013 | Opinion
In the 1970s, when Interstate 20 opened between Atlanta and Birmingham, Ala., many local residents were looking forward to faster travel on the new freeway. For years, my family had traveled to Birmingham from Anniston, Ala., on old Highway 78, a two-lane road that...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Dec 6, 2013 | Opinion
The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) recently released a report noting a decline in the global rankings of U.S. students. U.S. students ranked 25th in math, 20th in science and 11th in reading in 2009. By 2012, their rankings had fallen to 29th in...
by Ron Rolheiser | Dec 5, 2013 | Opinion
Anyone familiar with the life and writings of Simone Weil will, I am sure, agree that she was a woman of exceptional faith. She was also a woman with an unwavering commitment to the poor. But, and this may seem anomalous, she was also exceptional and unwavering in a...
