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November 16, 2012: Life of Pi
Read an excerpt from LIFE OF PI by Yann Martel DEBORAH POTTER, correspondent: On the surface, it’s an adventure story about a boy who survives a shipwreck in a lifeboat, alone, except for a...
View ArticleJuly 27, 2012: Sister Mary Joseph Heisler Extended Interview
“What is a woman religious? If we can come to some clarity as to what a woman religious is in the life of a church, then we can understand the relationships of women religious to the church.”...
View ArticleJuly 27, 2012: Sister Mary Hughes Extended Interview
“One of the great gifts of Vatican II was that it sent us back to study what the Gospels were saying.” http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/files/2012/07/thumb01-maryhughes.jpg “One of the great...
View ArticleJuly 27, 2012: Prof. Colleen McDannell Extended Interview
What does it mean to be in the modern world? “Renewal and adaptation—that’s where all of the controversy comes.” http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/files/2012/07/thumb01-colleenmcdannell.jpg...
View ArticleJuly 27, 2012: Colleen Carroll Campbell Extended Interview
“What are legitimate changes…and what are changes that are really more driven by the secular culture and its values?”...
View ArticleJuly 27, 2012: Sister Maureen Fiedler Extended Interview
How close are US Catholic ties to the Vatican going to be in the future? “That’s a question that is definitely up for grabs in this particularly dispute.” Watch more of our interview with Interfaith...
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July 27, 2012: Vatican-Nun Controversy
BOB ABERNETHY, host: Now a special report. Fifty years ago this fall, Pope John XXIII summoned church leaders to Rome for a series of meetings on how to make the church more relevant in the modern...
View ArticleApril 5, 2013: Jim Wallis on Serving the Common Good
BOB ABERNETHY, host: Now we have a conversation with Jim Wallis about his new book. It is called “On God’s Side,” and it’s an appeal to overcome the country’s problems by serving the common good....
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April 12, 2013: Medical Ministry
DR. JOSEPH DUTKOWSKY (Orthopedic Surgeon): This is a young person who has a genetic missing piece of I think genetic 6 chromosome. BOB FAW, correspondent: In a busy clinic in rural upstate New York,...
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April 12, 2013: Churches and Domestic Violence
JUDY VALENTE, correspondent: Father Charles Dahm has come to a parish on Chicago’s north side to deliver the kind of homily the parishioners have probably never heard before—one which will make some...
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October 7, 2011: Andrew Greeley
Editor’s Note: Fr. Greeley died on May 29, 2013. He was 85. JUDY VALENTE, correspondent: He is one of the best known priests in America, a respected sociologist, researcher, and commentator, and...
View ArticleIrish Reconciliation
After an IRA explosion in 1987 terrorized the community of Enniskillen, killed 11 Protestants, and injured scores of others, Gordon Wilson, father of one victim, said he forgave the bombers and prayed...
View ArticlePapal Trip to Brazil
Latin American liberation theologians, according to Rev Thomas Reese, SJ, say the pope may not use the words liberation theology, ”but he certainly talks the talk: his concern for the poor, his desire...
View ArticleSister Joan Chittister Extended Interview
“Our purpose is to present the most humane, spiritual, moral, communal model of life for a world in chaos around us—to be an island of care and cohesion in the midst of all the movement.” More →The...
View ArticleSister Joan Chittister
“Roman Catholicism is the storehouse, the treasure house of the Christian tradition. It’s this whole notion of the blend of wisdom, of commitment, of knowledge, of holiness. That’s the church for me....
View ArticleThe Francis Factor
On October 1, Georgetown University hosted a panel to discuss the influence of Pope Francis’ leadership on American public life six months after his election. The discussion was moderated by John Carr,...
View ArticleJames Lee Burke
“A Franciscan told me once, ‘Don’t keep track of the score. The score will take care of itself.’” Writer James Lee Burke’s best-selling crime novels are full of biblical imagery, messianic language,...
View ArticleCatholic College Identity
What does it mean for a school to be Catholic? "This is a university that’s founded on biblical truth, on scripture, and on the sacramental richness of the Catholic Church," says Ave Maria University...
View ArticlePope Francis and Catholic Expectations
Liberal Catholics who were hopeful that Pope Francis's papacy would usher in sweeping reforms are discovering that the Church "is an institution that takes its time with major decisions, and none of...
View ArticleRev. Thomas Reese, S.J.: “A Vote for Continuity”
This senior analyst for the National Catholic Reporter says new US Conference of Catholic Bishops president Archbishop Kurtz is "not going to be just a simple culture warrior, I think he’s going to...
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