In the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, the United States experienced economic changes that radically transformed politics and society. In an effort to address the uncertainty caused by these changes, the National Catholic Welfare Council (NCWC) issued the “Bishops’ Program of…
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Ambrose: Selected Works and Letters | Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Welcome to the new Christian Classics Ethereal Library! The mission of the CCEL is to build up the church by making classic Christian writings available and promoting their use. Find it here. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
A Thread of Grace – Resisting The Italian Holocaust
Grace is a heavy topic in systematic and historical theology. It has been the center of a longstanding dispute between Catholics and Protestants. In many respects, this dispute that dates to the Reformation is about how much credit we can…
A Theological Journey, by Ghislain Lafont, O.S.B.; Translated by John Burkhard, O.F.M. Conv.
From the earliest proclamation of the Gospel to the present, Benedictine theologian Ghislain Lafont traces the development of the Christian faith. In A Theological Journey, now available in this superb translation by John Burkhard, O.F.M. Conv., Lafont explores key doctrines…
A Short History of Myth, by Karen Armstrong
“Human beings have always been mythmakers.” So begins best-selling writer Karen Armstrong’s concise yet compelling investigation into myth: what it is, how it has evolved, and why we still so desperately need it. She takes us from the Paleolithic period…
A Prayer for Peace
On this anniversary of the terroist attacks on September 11, 2001, may we join with people of faith and hope from around the world and from all faiths in praying for peace and understanding. This prayer is from a website…
“Who was that saint who was a mercenary, Mom?” by Kathy Pozos
St. Camillus de Lellis (feast day July 18) was the man in question. A post written last year gives more details of his life. However, in brief, here’s a thumbnail sketch of it. Find It Did you like this? Share…
“Multiple Judaisms” by Gabriele Boccaccini
The subject of this article—from Judaism to Judaisms—is not only about names, but about ways of looking at things. For nearly two thousand years both Jews and Christians have looked at Judaism as a single fixed thing—a kind of point.…
“Love your enemies” does not equal “Burn their holy scriptures!”
A post reflecting on the controversy over the building of a mosque near “ground zero” in New York City and the plan of a small extremist group of Christians to burn the Qur’an Find It Did you like this? Share…
Resources for Catholic Educators
A site filled with resources that can be used by Catholic educators in their work. Includes lesson plans, clip art, lives of the saints, Biblical studies, Church history, and many other topics. Curated by Gilles Côté, this site and its…