The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation voted in early June to encourage the ldquo lifting of the restrictions regarding the ordination of married men to the priesthood in the Eastern Catholic Churches of North America rdquo ldquo This action would affirm the ancient and leg

Security forces in Afghanistan have arrested a total of three men in connection with the kidnapping of a Jesuit priest from India. The arrests, announced by an Afghan government official, include a man taken into custody on June 4 while two others were detained on June 5 in connection with the disap

Some commentators and theologians have over the past 15 months or so drawn parallels between Pope Francis rsquo warm embrace of the world with Vatican II rsquo s pastoral tone in particular that of the Council rsquo s ldquo Pastoral Constitution of the Church in the Modern World rdquo ldquo

Today is the 70th anniversary of D-Day June 6 1944 a momentous day was the culmination of Operation Overlord a long-planned operation to liberate Europe from the Nazi scourge that Hitler and his regime had spawned The massive operation required troops to depart from the coast of England and la

In the wake of my recent post on faith and science see here comes this interesting reflection in the New York Times from astrophysicist Adam Frank In a blog post titled quot I Was Promised Flying Cars quot Frank takes note of the mystery that still permeates the scientific enterprise Beginni

Efforts to professionalize Vatican financial services and oversight of same continued today as Pope Francis dismissed the all-Italian five-member board that oversees the Vatican’s financial watchdog agency, an abrupt move that will give the financial operation more of an English-speaking focus

The Bargachs are not typical Moroccans. Despite being proud Muslims, they celebrate a version of Christmas, eat as much paella as they do couscous, and pepper their native French and Arabic with Spanish words.“We are proud of being Spanish and Moroccan,” said Hassan Bargach, whose family

For the past half century political leaders on both sides of the Atlantic and in the Middle East with varying levels of political will have used an array of instruments in an effort to broker a lasting peace accord between Israelis and Palestinians They have failed up to now and that 66-year-old

Popes pray for peace it is part of their ministry And when war is raging or peace negotiations seem hopelessly bogged down recent popes have invited leaders of other Christian traditions and other faiths to join them in prayer Pope Francis has put a twist on the interreligious prayer gathering by

Cambridge MA In my nbsp previous post I described key features of nbsp ldquo Dialogue in Truth and Charity rdquo the document released by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue to mark its 50th anniversary As I noted at the end of that piece the document is most valuable for its

Ireland investigates report of babies buried at former religious home.

The world financial system "has been built as a new idolatry," charged Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, at a June 3 forum in Washington sponsored by The Catholic University of America's Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies.During his keynote

Was releasing five Taliban prisoners for one U.S. soldier a bad deal the U.S.?

"The Last Sentence," a film by Jan Troell, opens in New York on Friday, June 20.

Late in King Lear mdash Act IV Scene 5 to be precise mdash the old King cast off by his unloving daughters and wandering in a storm comes upon his faithful servant Gloucester The earl rsquo s eyes have been ripped out by Lear rsquo s enemies Recognizing him the king reminds him just how human

This week I 39 m giving a talk on the role of memory I 39 ve given versions of this talk before focusing on memory as it relates to our identity and our spiritual lives or memory as it relates to the institutions where we work or volunteer Regardless of which theme I emphasize this talk is o

Forty-six years years ago today Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. What would he make of the current state of U.S. politics?

Is this comedian is a greater source of (true) information than news channels?

In an epic election in India in May, in which over 800 million people voted over a month-long period, the Bharatiya Janata party won a historic victory over the long-ruling Indian National Congress party. The Congress party played a pivotal role in the Indian independence movement and had been