Margaret O'Brien Steinfels
Co-director, Fordham Center on Religion and Culture

Margaret O'Brien Steinfels

Journalist-in-residence at Fordham University, former editor-in-chief of Commonweal magazine, and editor of American Catholics in the Public Square .

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Reality check on our finitude

My father died in a hospice. I loved the quiet room where he lay unconscious, freed from feeding bags and transfusions and from the noises of a busy hospital. I could sit and sing to him, talk to him, say goodbye in utter certainty that he was at peace and so was I.

By Margaret O'Brien Steinfels | November 4, 2009; 12:49 PM ET | Comments (0)

Catholics and Anglicans: Related but can they live together?

Will even the most conservative Episcopalian contemplating a move to Rome accept the centralized authority of Roman Catholicism where bishops and pastors are appointed and decision come top down? And will Roman Catholics be content with the Episcopal propensity for doctrinal latitude and disciplinary ambiguity?

By Margaret O'Brien Steinfels | October 23, 2009; 11:42 AM ET | Comments (12)

 
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