In the epilogue of his latest book The Pope rsquo s Last Crusade How an American Jesuit Helped Pope Pius XI 39 s Campaign to Stop Hitler Peter Eisner offers an interesting insight on the men who held the seat of Peter during the 20th century Of the seven pontiffs that were elected during that t

In February the Obama administration 39 s legal argument for the use of armed drones was revealed in the press The ACLU responded with legal critiques and the UN is currently conducting its own analysis Academics have been offering analysis as well such as Michael Walzer and Maryann Cusimano Lov

I came across a moving document which appeared on Vatican radio--letters from detained young prisoners in California organized by Mike Kennedy S J If the right wing Catholics did not get the pope 39 s gesture these young prisoners did Quite lovely reading You can find it here nbsp

In the epilogue of The Pope rsquo s Last Crusade How an American Jesuit Helped Pope Pius XI 39 s Campaign to Stop Hitler Peter Eisner offers an interesting insight on the men who held the seat of Peter during the 20th century Of the seven pontiffs that were elected during that time six are eith

Most of my adult life since Vatican II at every parish I have either worshipped or celebrated Holy Thursday the priest and others have washed the feet of men and women boys girls and elderly people I have never in my life given much extra thought to this practice because it struck me that Jesu

Cambridge MA This is the last of my Lenten reflections on the second Chapter of the Yoga Sutras the Yoga of Action yoga in action You can find the preceding entries here We have in the past several weeks been looking at the last part of the chapter the eight ldquo limbs rdquo mdash integ

Here rsquo s an Easter question Why didn rsquo t the resurrected Christ appear to those who had sought or sanctioned his death people like the High Priest Caiaphas or the Roman Procurator Pontius Pilate Wouldn rsquo t that prove beyond any doubt that he had risen from the tomb Jesus back fro

The play begins with an unexpected abdication Know that we have divided In three our kingdom and lsquo tis our fast intentTo shake all cares and business from our age Conferring them on younger strengths while we Unburdened crawl toward death I i 17-41 King Lear rejects the realm mdash one mig

This month the Catholic Book Club is discussing a new book on Pope Pius XI's lost encylical.

It 39 s about love not death At the beginning of Lent I stood before the grave of three Maryknoll sisters in a crowded little cemetery in the northwestern province of El Salvador I 39 d come looking for Maura Clarke one of the four church women ndash Ita Ford Dorothy Kazel Jean Donovan are

On April 11 we will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Pacem in Terris Peace on Earth which appeared in 1963 just months after the Cuban missile crisis Pope John had served as an important mediator between the Americans and Russians during that crisis Later Premier Kruschev said of John q

“Nobody ever wrote a more unaffectedly elegant English,” a critic once wrote of Evelyn Waugh.

Holy Week and Easter are where the rubber meets the road of our faith We look horrific suffering and death in the eye and wonder how God can be present through it all calling us closer to new life We are called to be an Easter people But do we truly believe in the resurrection not just as a h

The announcement that Pope Francis will celebrate the Mass of the Last Supper in a private ceremony with youthful offenders in the Casal del Marmo Youth Jail is the latest act of exemplary leadership in his new pontificate He and the 50 delinquents 10 girls and 40 boys will be joined only by his

Talk About Steubenville; Catholic Opportunity; Iraq, the Lost War

The old woman in ICU wants to rail against the Church.Patriarchy, she says, hierarchy, and I agree.She looks just like my mother.But you’re dying, I say.Why are we talking about this?Why does any of this matter?And the sun slants through the dusty window.My Roman collar chafes.On the monitor,

For the good of all people, the care of the poor and the future of the earth, religions must cooperate in reminding modern men and women that God exists and has a plan for their lives and their behavior, Pope Francis said. “The Catholic Church knows the importance of promoting friendship and r

Pope Francis “had nothing to do with the dictatorship,” preferring “a silent diplomacy” during Argentina’s so-called Dirty War, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Adolfo Pérez Esquivel of Argentina reported after a private meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican on March

None of our expectations prepare us for Botticelli's 'Annunciation.'