Catholic reflections on the 2012 elections

Neither campaign has passed the 'smell test' for truthfulness.

How the work of Christian unity got started

What Catholics Do Best Re “Faith by Heart,” by David Impastato (9/10): While I am in full support of more catechesis and evangelization, there is no evidence that rote memorization will lead to greater retention of young Catholics. In fact, the Catholic Church actually has a greater rete

NPR reporter Sonari Glinton recalls how Sr Rosemary Brennan the principal of St Philip Neri Catholic school in Chicago helped to show students how Jesus related to them on an episode of This American Life Sonari Glinton tells the story of how a Catholic nun teaches an entire school on Chicago s

By now most of us Catholics have tripped over one part or another of the most recent English translation of the Mass Even though most parishes provide helpful handouts in the pews highlighting the changes Catholics who have been responding by rote for decades can be caught off-guard For some of u

nbsp nbsp nbsp The gospel for the 26th Sunday in Cycle B is about the strange or alien exorcist whom the disciples try to hinder because he was not they said part of us Scripture scholar John Donahue S J in his commentary on Mark notes The episode of the strange exorcist is remark

The Atlantic looks at the Vatican rsquo s attempt to get control of its media incompetence examining how it handled the 2010 speech that angered some in the Muslim world continued revelations of clergy sexual abuse and most recently the so-called Vati-leaks scandal From the article In this en

Twenty-Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time B On October 11 the Catholic Church and indeed the broader world will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council For some of you this date is simply an historical fact others remember it vaguely while others experienced its

Today is the final day of the editorship of Drew Christiansen SJ And nbsp we would be very remiss if nbsp we did not offer a word--several words--of gratitude for Drew rsquo s generous leadership of our magazine in the last seven years Drew Christiansen took over as editor in chief nbsp after the

Some foul calls by replacement referees led to much gnashing of teeth and crushing of beer cans around the country this week Union referees had been locked out by N F L managers they rsquo ve since settled their differences and the temporary zebras running the field seemed to be using a rule bo

September 2004 Al Tafar Nineveh Province Iraq Murph pointed to the low hills around the city Small fires had sprung up in the distance A few city lights and the fires on the hillsides burned like a tattered quilt of fallen stars ldquo It rsquo s beautiful rdquo I whispered I was not sure i

A new survey from the Pew Forum nbsp shows that President Obama is widening his lead over GOP nominee Mitt Romney among likely Catholic voters a group the president won in 2008 Among all Catholics the president leads 54-39 though both candidates are about tied among white Catholics Religion Ne

It would be helpful to compare the candidates views on health care Yet it is nearly impossible to compare the Affordable Care Act with Mitt Romney rsquo s health care ldquo plan rdquo because while the reform is a complex detailed piece of legislation Mr Romney rsquo s plan is more of a noti

ldquo We are approaching the year 2015 and with that the famous Millennium Development Goals rdquo said Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga Archbishop of Tegucigalpa Honduras ldquo One of the MDGs is reducing poverty in the world by half rdquo he said speaking in New York on Sept 24 ld

The annual gathering of world leaders for the United National General Assembly is occasion for a variety of side meeting for world leaders the largest and most famous of which is the Clinton Global Initiative Yesterday the Egyptian Mission to the United Nations hosted an open forum for American