Edited interview published in U.S. Catholic, April 2010
Keith Warner, a Franciscan environmental activist, recycles some ancient traditions for modern use.
Edited interview published in U.S. Catholic, January 2010
The current debates about God’s existence hardly lift us up to transcendence. Karen Armstrong shares a vision of faith that is less about proofs than practice. Continue reading “How not to talk about God: An interview with Karen Armstrong”
Edited interview published in U.S. Catholic, August 2009
Catholics need to learn more about their Jewish brothers and sisters, Rabbi Ruth Langer says, so they don’t make the same mistakes all over again.
Published in U.S. Catholic, July 2009
Second for feature, Catholic Press Association
Honorable mention for feature, Associated Church Press
Urban violence takes a toll on children, but in Chicago, the Catholic Church is there to support them. Continue reading “Under the gun”
Edited interview published in U.S. Catholic, March 2009
A Catholic view of the market just may be what’s needed to rescue our economy from its moral recession, says economist and theologian Daniel Finn.
Photo story published in U.S. Catholic, March 2009
The growing Kenyan church responds to the challenges of a young democracy.
“Our mother, Kenya, we love you so much; we need you again,” sing the students at St. Joseph Freinademetz Primary School in Ruai, outside of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.
In early 2008 Kenya abandoned her children. Continue reading “Kenya rising”
Edited interview published in U.S. Catholic, January 2009
There’s much in Islam that favors women, says scholar Syafa Almirzanah. As sisters in faith Muslim and Catholic women can seek out such traditions together.
Edited interview published in U.S. Catholic, November 2008
It seems that easy sex is rampant on college campuses today, but new research from feminist theologian Donna Freitas reveals that students really want romance.
Megan Sweas 
Catholic and feminist: You got a problem with that?
Published in U.S. Catholic, January 2009
Catholics ought to be loud and proud in the fight for women’s rights, argues a young feminist.
I wasn’t burning my training bras or hating men (they weren’t yet on my radar screen, anyway), but my feminism was ardently liberal and a huge reason I struggled with my faith. …
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PDF of “Catholic and Feminist: You got a problem with that?”