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In All Things
Watching the Olympics this week If you tune into the men rsquo s 800-meter track final on Thursday pay attention to Kenya rsquo s David nbsp Rudisha the current world record holder and favorite to win gold Rudisha rsquo s coach happens to be a Catholic priest originally from Ireland who rsquo
In All Things
Melbourne My weeks in Melbourne are drawing to a close and if you read my first and second entries you will know that it has been a good and interesting sojourn for me The weather has continued to be sunny and warm 60 degrees in recent days definitely a good model for winter A strand of my v
In All Things
The Ethics of Bystanders to Divorce nbsp nbsp A publication of the Institute for American Values by M Christian Green discusses ldquo The Ethics of Bystanders to Divorce rdquo Propositions 8 July 2012 Americanvalues org nbsp She claims that divorce affects bystanders as well as the divor
In All Things
An online publication called Faith amp Leadership published by Duke Divinity School recently approached me and asked me to consider a recent Pew study that found young Catholics to be leaving the church in large numbers and then reflect on why I remain I gave it some thought and I kept coming
In All Things
A fellow In All Things blogger Fordham University Professor Tom Beaudoin is collecting data on the beliefs and practices of Catholics If you rsquo re interested in telling your story read on and take a survey From the researchers A new study is being conducted to better understand how and why
In All Things
The Responsibility to Protect the innovative international law doctrine that establishes a framework for international intervention in the domestic life of countries where significant numbers of people are subject to violence or grave deprivation seems tailor-made for the current civil war in Syri
In All Things
Last week I met a woman named Beth whose example lodged itself deep inside my mind It so struck me that I have shared it as best I can five times since we met Beth runs Place of Promise a Christian non-profit with a residential program ldquo designed to help those who are hurting lost and
FaithIn All Things
Blessed Peter Favre, St. Ignatius Loyola and St. Francis Xavier enjoyed a very close friendship, which began at the University of Paris, where the three were roommates. Fr. James Martin, SJ., offers a mediation on the friendship between the three men.
In All Things
Just posted to our site from Brian Konzman S J The fifth annual World Science Festival took place over five days in New York City in June You can find my blog posts from the festival here I attended four events on a range of fascinating topics from the ldquo elusive neutrino rdquo to th
The Good Word
On my eleventh birthday I was finally old enough to join the Boy Scouts Back then Troop 153 was led by Roy Barber a local farmer a Kansas Andy Griffith To my mind he was everything a Scout Master should be My parochial school had no male teachers and I had never bonded with a coach They were
In All Things
The State Department issued its annual report on religious freedom on July 30 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered a ldquo sobering rdquo global depiction of fundamental human right at risk ldquo More than a billion people live under governments that systematically suppress religious free
FaithIn All Things
Here was an average man without much prior interest in religious observance, assuming that he could emulate two of the greatest saints in the Christian tradition.
In All Things
As the Feast Day of St Ignatius of Loyola approaches I am reminded of one of my favorite theologians Karl Rahner S J who credited Ignatius the founder of his Order for giving him hellip well pretty much everything his innermost and most authentic relationship with God his theology his pa
Signs Of the Times
More than half of the bishops’ conferences in the Americas, Europe and Asia complied with a Vatican mandate to draw up anti-abuse guidelines by a May deadline.
The role of spiritual conversation in pastoral care
Signs Of the Times
India's Catholic Bishops are "deeply pained" by the "mindless violence" that has engulfed several districts in a northeastern Indian state.
Faith in Focus
A new mom makes a case for moving back home.
Signs Of the Times
A call for reform and an end to violence on both sides.