Sightings Articles
Cruelty Is a Swamp Thing
Both William Paca of Maryland and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia signed the United States Declaration of Independence; both owned slaves; and both died believing that the musculature of American liberty—sinewed over self-evident truths and sound laws—w...
July 5, 2018
Alas, Poor Vatican II! I Knew It Well
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council of the Roman Catholic Church. Why is Vatican II, as some have nicknamed it, still relevant today? Vatican II marked a liberal, soul-searching openness of the Roman Catholic Chur...
November 7, 2013
Spring Sprung in 1964
Next October Christian communities will begin a "year of faith" by marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council. That council took place astride the monumental ripsaw challenges to modern ecclesial life, and widely within the themat...