My mother made novenas and I made [peace movement] banners.” So Cathleen Kaveny, Notre Dame law professor, summarized the differences between two generations in the Catholic Church. How could a professor get away with such an overstatement? Because she was a woman in a supposedly patriarchal church? Because her colleagues were too polite to correct … Read more
As the United States looks to another presidential election, the largely unreported story is that contemporary new-era politics may well make our Catholic social teaching triumphant. Yes, I know it seems improbable given that many of our peers proclaim the dearth of salient personalities, lack of gusto, and conservatism’s general air of feeble Reaganesque imitation, … Read more
You be the judge. An official Chicago archdiocesan report notes that, of 5.6 million people in Cook and Lake counties which constitute the archdiocese (not the entire Chicagoland area, let it be noted), about 2.3 million, or 41 percent, are Catholics. However, of the 1.3 million, only one-quarter attend Mass on Sunday. There are 73 … Read more