Twin sons were born prematurely to Buzz and Debra in August of 1983 Here rsquo s how the author of Friday Night Lights Buzz Bissinger records first sight of his son Zach Doctors and nurses surrounded him in a tight circle He was a bloody quiver in their hands born thirteen and half weeks too so

The Vatican is set to control a new internet extension catholic Catholic News Service reports The Vatican is in line to control the new Internet address extension catholic and decide who is allowed to use it The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers a nonprofit corporation tha

Sister Simone Campbell of the Sisters of Social Services was interviewed on The Colbert Report last night She discussed social justice solidarity with the poor and what it means to be radical Check out the interview below nbsp

Today rsquo s feast of Corpus Christi originated in the 12th century to specifically celebrate the institution of the Holy Eucharist Jesus instituted the Eucharist at his last supper but since the Last Supper was on Holy Thursday the day before the death of the Lord the mood of individual Christ

There are many celibate nbsp gay Catholic priests in the church today nbsp And let me emphasize since nbsp that last statement nbsp is nbsp usually misunderstood I m speaking about celibate gay priests nbsp These are validly ordained nbsp homosexual men who lead celibate nbsp lives

Sr Simone Campbell of the Sisters of Social Justice and executive director of Network a Catholic social justice group mixes it up with the self-described most famous Catholic in America talking about women religious the Gospel her Nuns on teh Bus initiative to focus attention on the poor

At the risk of beating a dead horse or a hornet s nest I embark on another adventure in modern statistics with the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life Loyal In All Things readers may recall that back in December 2011 Pew published a report Lobbying for the Faithful that garnered national a

In the penultimate period of life you nbsp get to nbsp embark on spiritual paths not taken in hectic youth One way I rsquo ve done this is to reread with a remedial eye Elizabeth Johnson rsquo s great book Quest for the Living God Here you can encounter the Gospel in all its fullness If you want

This homily delivered on the Feast of Corpus Christi comes courtesy of Rev Robert Beloin the Catholic chaplain at Yale University It rsquo s been a busy week for Catholics Following on the heels of recent leaked papers from the Vatican the firing of the head of the Vatican bank the arrest of

Because popular culture provides so much of the palette for making sense of life today -- including making faith-sense -- especially for recent generations I like to learn about what aspects of pop culture connect with people at influential points in their lives Over the last six months I have be

There rsquo s something wrong or at least not quite right about Corpus Christi the medieval feast established by Pope Urban IV in 1263 Like Trinity Sunday and the American holiday of Thanksgiving it involves an ignorance about Eucharist in the ancient Church What rsquo s wrong with Trinity

There rsquo s something wrong or at least not quite right about Corpus Christi the medieval feast established by Pope Urban IV in 1263 Like Trinity Sunday and the American holiday of Thanksgiving it involves an ignorance about Eucharist in the ancient Church What rsquo s wrong with Trinity Sund

ldquo Do they know who she is rdquo My friend a strongly committed Catholic law professor from the Midwest almost burst out as we strode down 10th Ave last night on the way to dinner Did they know she is one of the most influential and most respected intellectual leaders in the America church

I rsquo ve wrestled with the USCCB Religious Liberty campaign for some time I support its big-picture goals but so much about its tone argument timing and politics leaves me concerned None of that seemed worth putting in a post Michael Moreland rsquo s helpful sympathetic engagement with rd

A statement from the seven Franciscan OFM Provinces in the United States in support of the Leadership Conference of nbsp Women Religious has been released nbsp This is the first men s religious order nbsp publicly declare their solidarity with the LCWR and also to critique the Vatican s Doctrina

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp My husband finally got me to watch the movie ldquo Hugo rdquo I rsquo d had no desire to see it when it was first out in the theaters because it had been advertised as a 3-D film I rsquo d also somehow had the impression that it

We grow worried and concerned and bothered and angry and sometimes scandalized because your divine institution, our home, is filled with human beings who are sinful. Just like me.

I have sometimes criticized the behavior of bishops in their handling of the child sex abuse crisis but I cannot agree with the criticism of Cardinal Dolan currently being made regarding the payments that the Milwaukee archdiocese made to malefactor priests for their cooperation in the ldquo laic