As memory of Fukushima dimmed, the antinuclear movement lost some momentum.

A growing interest in the tradition of Lent is giving Protestants something more in common with Catholics. Though slightly different in practice, some call this a step toward convergence in the global church. Christopher Ruddy, an associate professor at The Catholic University of America who is an e

Southeast Asia is a geographer’s term of convenience (like “Europe”) that conceals a fascinating mix of cultures and history. To an American the region may seem far away: Singapore lies more than 8,400 watery miles from San Francisco; it is over 10,000 miles and 12 time zones from

Matt Malone, SJ, ventures west of NYC's 10th Ave for the L.A. Religious Education Congress

As the first anniversary of the election of Pope Francis approached in mid-March, the Pew Research Religion and Public Life Project noted the pope’s overwhelming popularity but reported it could not tease out a discernible “Francis effect” in the behavior of American Catholics. Pew

Syracuse com in conjunction with Syracuse 39 s nbsp The Post-Standard has published an interview with Fr George Coyne S J former director of the Vatican Observatory and one of the more well known of those scholars and priests trying to show the relationship or where appropriate the lack th

Weeks after a controversial bill against homosexuality became law in their country, there was still no official word from Ugandan Catholic bishops on how they perceived it, said a senior Catholic spokesman.An informed Ugandan priest, meanwhile, suggested the bishops had opted to keep "safe&quot

Religious freedom, Obamacare and the rights of American business: Ellen K. Boegel's legal backgrounder on the Hobby Lobby case

Bishop Fan spent decades in prison after a government crackdown in 1955.

Protests are growing in Sri Lanka over the security forces' arrest of two outspoken Catholic human rights activists under stringent terrorism laws."There is serious concern over the arrests and there will be a protest in Colombo soon," Jehan Perera, executive director of the National P

Vatican officials laicized a New Jersey priest who violated a 2007 court memorandum of understanding that prohibited unsupervised contact with minors.Michael Fugee, 53, is no longer a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, said James Goodness, archdiocesan communications director."There is no con

March is turning out to be a month for underdogs Last week the Republicans came from behind to win a special congressional election in Florida even with a former lobbyist as their candidate Today Politico rsquo s Ben White and Maggie Haberman suggest that there rsquo s finally a backlash to the e

Kathmandu Nepal As faithful readers of this blog will know I have spent the last ten weeks in South Asia ndash Chennai Kolkata Pune Colombo and Jaffna in Sri Lanka See my previous entry nbsp and the links in it to the first three I am now completing ten days in the Himalayan country of Ne

As reported by Reuters it was good news last week for Notre Dame The Bill amp Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded 23 million for research being led by University of Notre Dame biologists to prevent malaria and dengue fever the school said The five-year project by biologists Neil Lobo and Nicol

The liturgical vision of Vatican II 50 years later

The Boston Marathon and the beginning of Christian hope

Margaret Thatcher’s historic and haunting legacy

Renewing the Irish church from within.

Thirty-five years ago by chance I came across a new edition of nbsp The Showings nbsp of Julian of Norwich I spent an entire summer reading and re-reading and continuously praying over that mystic 39 s writings based on the revelations she received in 1373 as she lay dying There are two versions

When Catholics discuss the topic of social justice, the focus is usually on economic justice. Here is one example. We Believe: Grade 4, a religion textbook published by Sadlier, a Catholic publishing house, teaches that social justice demands access to health care and housing and that among our huma