Dear All, I read an interesting and provocative article the other day. I do not mean to share the article with you – it was a discussion of the differing Latin words that Augustine and Anselm used to talk about ‘love’. But I would like to share with you what the reading provoked in me.

Dear All, This last year has made all of us more aware than we would ever want to be of the woeful inadequacy and fragility of our American way of life. The most obvious areas are health care, education, policing and housing.

Dear All, Not long ago I read a really interesting article. In it the author insisted that sin does not exist. I told you it was interesting!

Dear All, With the distinction between sin and guilt firmly under our belts, it becomes really easier – or not – to understand how it is that the Church can love sinners while hating sin. Not all of those who do bad things (sins) are bad people (guilty).