St. Hildegard said her cookies of joy "calm all bitterness of the heart and mind, open your heart and impaired senses, and make your mind cheerful." In this Christmas season, we need to revive these cookies of joy.
Two prominent conservative journalists collaborated on the "College of Cardinals Report," which includes their 22 leading candidates for pope. The list of papabili doesn't just tilt to the right. It falls off the cliff.
In Advent Scripture readings, we hear much about joy and peace. But so, too, do we hear about wrath and judgment; and this year, Rebecca Bratten Weiss writes, that feels validating.
Listen: In this episode Sr. Joan Chittister describes how she came to understand the significance of other traditions. Her understanding of the world's wisdom carries practical implications for each of us.
Massimo Faggioli's book joins the esteemed canon of works that focus on questions about what a university should be, writes NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.
"The Democrats need a populist economic platform that they can communicate effectively," writes NCR's Michael Sean Winters. They also need to "make economic populism the core of the party's identity."
Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to articles about the fall of the Assad regime, a supposed dearth of "compassion", and Nancy Pelosi's criticisms of Pope Francis.
The idea that a person is a citizen of the place where he or she is born is a bulwark against any attempt to discriminate unjustly, says NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.
