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The Good Word
For 30 years I have been on college campuses during exam week I know there are students in this congregation who are preparing for exams mdash over preparing or under preparing There are graduating seniors and folks who may not becoming back to Fordham and I know the emotions that accompany that
In All Things
Fr Jim Martin pays tribute to the legacy of women religious since Vatican II nbsp
In All Things
On Mayday I was in the parks and streets of Manhattan for M1GS the May 1st General Strike a daylong gathering called by a coalition of dozens of labor organizations Like many I was there under many motivations as a participant in Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Faith NYC as a member of the lab
The Good Word
Robert Bolt rsquo s play about the martyrdom of Saint Thomas More A Man for All Seasons has seen a lot of them come and go since its premiere in 1960 perhaps because so much of its dialogue is worth the remembering Consider this scene Richard Rich the man who will betray him has just left Mor
In All Things
In a Current Comment this week nbsp America s editors nbsp asked some questions about the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith s nbsp CDF Doctrinal Assessment of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious LCWR nbsp nbsp First there is the history of the assessment Catholics in the
In All Things
The editors raise a number of questions regarding the Vatican s censure of the Leadership Council of Women Religious In the wake of the Vatican rsquo s doctrinal assessment of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious with many others we offer our support to the sisters Ten years after the e
In All Things
In case you missed it Thomas J Reese SJ nbsp America s former editor in chief and a senior fellow at the Woodstock Institute in Georgetown who by the way has nbsp a Ph D in political science reminds Stephen Colbert and Paul Ryan that Jesus did ask us to care for the poor that the budget
In All Things
For well over a century May 1st has been celebrated around worldwide as labor rsquo s holiday In 1955 Pius XII established May 1st as the Feast of St Joseph the Worker ldquo The Gospel specifies the kind of work Joseph did in order to support his family he was a carpenter rdquo explained John
In All Things
I was hesitant to post this interview because the grenade throwers who tend to comment on this blog will have plenty of nbsp ammunition but Dan Savage rsquo s sincerity in his essay about the death of his mother and his relationship with the Catholic Church is worth sharing For those who don rsqu
In All Things
I once heard Pope John Paul II spiritedly identify himself as the ldquo feminist Pope rdquo He was addressing our group who were participating in a Vatican conference devoted to women rsquo s health nbsp Now many years later a Vatican CDF admonition arrives warning against ldquo radical femini
In All Things
From Mirada Global an essay from Colombia on the need for a new ethical framework for the 21st century Nowadays we live according to the rules of a consumerist neo-liberal system which dominates the techno-scientific society with its false assertion that our planets possesses both biotic and a
In All Things
From Mirada Global an essay from Colombia on the need for a new ethical framework for the 21st century Nowadays we live according to the rules of a consumerist neo-liberal system which dominates the techno-scientific society with its false assertion that our planets possesses both biotic and a
Books
Don DeLillo's new collection of stories makes clear his appeal to Catholic readers.
Editorials
Apple's commitment to reforms for Chinese workers bring new pressure to bear on other corporations.
Signs Of the Times
A military attack on Iranian nuclear facilities would not, in view of the U.S. bishops and other Catholic leaders, be justified under Catholic teaching.
Signs Of the Times
The Irish Association of Catholic Priests said it is “disturbed” that the group’s founder, Fr. Tony Flannery, is under investigation by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.