Cambridge MA Readers of my blog not infrequently comment kindly that my reports are interesting and that the issues I raise as I raise them must surely ring true in an academic setting ndash but not in the wider community larger world where more down to earth direct dialogue is needed This

Jesus told his disciples this parable ldquo The Kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage he sent them into his vineyard Going out about nine o rsquo clock he saw others standing idle in the m

If you have gotten into the habit of scanning the list of ingredients of the processed food you buy at your local supermarket get ready to look for something new Or more to the point mdash not ldquo Corn sugar rdquo may soon be showing up in the fine print along the side or the bottom of your f

There was an interesting post at Scot McNight rsquo s Jesus Creed blog on September 14 2011 dealing with ldquo universalism rdquo in the New Testament nbsp Basically McNight wanted to know why the texts speaking of ldquo all rdquo finding salvation in Christ were not taken as seriously as tho

What will you do when the rapture comes If you aren rsquo t a fundamentalist Christian one who reads the Bible literally you rsquo re probably not preparing to be seized by Christ and taken up into heaven before closing tribulations fall upon the world Of course if the novelist Tom Perotta is

The fundamental paradox of Christianity is the Cross A reading for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Philippians 2 6-11 reveals the outlines of this paradox This passage known as ldquo the Hymn to Christ rdquo is thought by many scholars to be a ldquo pre-Pauline rdquo hymn su

The BBC reports on the phenomeon of the swiftly growing Christian churches in China It is impossible to say how many Christians there are in China today but no-one denies the numbers are exploding The government says 25 million 18 million Protestants and six million Catholics Independent estima

The BBC reports on the phenomeon of the swiftly growing Christian churches in China It is impossible to say how many Christians there are in China today but no-one denies the numbers are exploding The government says 25 million 18 million Protestants and six million Catholics Independent estima

Interviewed by Our Sunday Visitor in their latest issue nbsp Love the cover OSV You wrote that humor should be seen as a requirement in a Church leader Why do you think it rsquo s such an important attribute nbsp Father Martin First it rsquo s important to have a sense of humility and pover

NPR profiles Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta a Washington veteran who has served in Congress and who was most recently head of the CIA Panetta cites his Catholic faith as something that helps to inform his life-and-death decisions For the past two years Leon Panetta was at the center of the U

The U S Census Bureau announced today that median household income declined in 2010 and the poverty rate increased The bureau reported the highest numbers of people living in poverty in the 52 years it has collected such estimates There were 46 2 million people in poverty in 2010 up from 43 6 mi

If you haven t already be sure to check out Austen Ivereigh s superb review of Brighton Rock Rowan Joffe s God-less adaptation of Graham Greene s classic novel and film And for fun here is a clip highlighting the 1947 film s famous final twist I would say spoiler alert but that cliche seem

This is just a reminder for those in the greater New York City area who may be interested in attending this Friday s conference at Fordham University Learning to Listen Voices of Sexual Diversity and the Catholic Church Due to heavy advance conference registration the conference is nearly full

Another fine profile from associate editor Kerry Weber During September 2001 Michael Armstrong was busy Then 34 years old he was preparing to get married in October He planned to be out of the office at the end of the week of September 11 for his bachelor party On Monday the 10th he attended

There rsquo s a wonderful 1932 now-forgotten film mdash except in film classes mdash called The Phantom President which comes to mind every four years during primaries when things look bleak on either side It rsquo s about party leaders stuck with Theodore Blair a ldquo good rdquo cand

From Mirada Global Father rsquo s day was never one of the happiest days of my childhood I lost my father when I was nine and from that date on the issue was a kind of taboo and everyone tried to make me forget the only pain I had experienced in a life overflowing with love I didn rsquo t have a

The America community readers viewers etc will remember the Rev Michael Ryan s article What if We Just Said Wait which proposed delaying the roll-out of the new English translation of the Roman Missal scheduled for this Advent nbsp The article drew 239 online comments was linked to an

Muslim hip-hop artists are using the music to spread a message of nonviolence.