On July 22, Christians in Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran churches celebrated the feast of St. Mary Magdalene. One of my favorite anecdotes about St. John XXIII happens to be a joke told by him […]
Author: Christine E. McCarthy
Women Theologians You Should Be Reading Right Now: 2019 Edition
On this International Women’s Day, a 2019 update to last year’s primer on new and notable works from women theologians and religious historians. Add them to your personal libraries and/or get your universities to buy […]
Women Theologians You Should Be Reading Right Now: A Primer
A mini-post in honor of International Women’s Day today, giving us as good a reason as any to promote and celebrate the contributions of the many excellent women theologians to the church, academy, and society. […]
Egypt’s Palm Sunday Martyrs: Time and Resistance
Today, dozens of Coptic Christian churchgoers were killed in two simultaneous bombings in Tanta and Alexandria, Egypt. As the so-called, self-proclaimed caliphate of ISIL claims responsibility for the attack, Christians and people of good will the […]
The Praxis of Blessed Óscar Romero: Speaking the Truth and Defending the Oppressed
In these times of “fake news” that obscures treason and a gaslighting Commander-in-Chief, many burn for truth that cracks like thunder, I have been grateful to turn to a wonderful revised 2016 volume from Orbis […]
How To Mark This Presidents’ Day: Not Every Child Will Grow Up To Be President But We Can Raise Legions Worthy Of The Task
There are many of our fellow citizens who ask themselves today, how can or should we celebrate Presidents’ Day under a presidency which, to say the least, has the highest disapproval rating of any new […]
Voting Your Conscience?: That May Not Mean What You Think It Does
This presidential election cycle has elicited a variety of reactions to the major party candidates. One of the more frequently heard refrains is, “I have to vote my conscience,” generally implying some protest vote against […]
The Responsibility of Being a Prophetic People: Holy Thursday, Martyrdom, and the Feast of Blessed Óscar Romero
On Holy Thursday, the Roman Catholic church celebrates both a Chrism Mass in the morning and the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper. Every March 24th since 1980, the church also remembers the martyrdom of […]
Your Mother’s Name Is Mercy: The Jubilee Year of Mercy, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
When Pope Francis called for this extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy in April, he announced that it would begin today, on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, for two reasons. One is that it is […]
Birth Control, Rape Culture & Catholic Higher Education: Why Aren’t We Even Teaching What We Already Know?
U.S. Catholic colleges and universities, in adherence to traditional Catholic teaching on sexual morality, do not widely, systematically, or uniformly disseminate information about sexual and reproductive health to students. Insofar as this might relate to […]
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