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In All Things
We often begin summer with reading recommendations but rarely do we check back in to see what folks actually read So with Labor Day just a few days a way I want to share two books I enjoyed this summer I hope you ll add your favorites below Dissolution by C J Sansom sat unread on my Kindle fo
In All Things
Just posted online a moving account of how one Catholic mother of four dealt with the death with her husband on 9 11 A fine reporting and writing job by Kerry Weber As Patty Fallone and a friend walked down Park Avenue in New York on a sunny September morning they were stopped by a stranger ld
In All Things
Recently a N Y Times Magazine cover story described a pregnant woman rsquo s decision to select i e destroy by fatal injection one of the fetal twins she was carrying nbsp nbsp Her doctor approved her choice since with her other children and her age she did not want to care for more than one
The Good Word
The Apostle Paul writes I do not understand my own actions For I do not do what I want but I do the very thing I hate Now if I do what I do not want I agree that the law is good But in fact it is no longer I that do it but sin that dwells within me For I know that nothing good dwells within
In All Things
As everyone who follows conflicts in the church knows there has been a nasty fight going on between some members of the hierarchy and the majority of professional Catholic theologians mdash those who teach the university courses and write the articles for mainstream or liberal Catholic periodicals
FaithIn All Things
Today, often enough, even with two-family earners, many parents barely earn sufficient money to support their families.
The Good Word
I was greeted on nbsp my Facebook page late this afternoon with a discussion regarding a blog post on which nbsp a number of my colleagues were commenting hat-tip to Gerald Schlabach The post is by Lillian Daniel a UCC Church minister on the reading Matthew 16 18 And I tell you that you are P
In All Things
This past summer I had the good fortune of working as an intern at America Magazine One of the many unique things about America is that it is more than just a periodical -- it is a ministry of the Society of Jesus carried on for over 100 years by both Jesuits and a host of lay editors and contribu
The Good Word
The British philosopher Gillian Rose spent her brief life arguing against a basic presumption of modern life one that goes something like this now that almost everyone can be heard and now that we realize how profoundly we disagree about the most important aspects and values in life let rsquo s
In All Things
The British philosopher Gillian Rose spent her brief life arguing against a basic presumption of modern life one that goes something like this now that almost everyone can be heard and now that we realize how profoundly we disagree about the most important aspects and values in life let rsquo s
In All Things
Just posted to our Web site a must-read article by Christopher Pramuk on 9 11 Bruce Springsteen and the album The Rising Like many Springsteen fans I am well acquainted with The Rising Springsteen s musical response to 9 11 but Pramuk s analysis forced me to see the album in a whole new li
The Good Word
We are pleased to publish this guest post from Mark Scalese S J Fr Scalese is an associate professor in the Department of Visual amp Performing Arts at Fairfield University His documentary short Greetings from Havre de Grace is a winner of the CINE Golden Eagle Award and has aired on Maryla
In All Things
From Antonio Celso de Queir oacute s bishop emeritus of Catanduva Sao Paulo Brazil via Mirada Global Those who lived the ecclesial atmosphere of the mid 20th century prior to the Second Vatican Council closely can rsquo t prevent feeling the current situation as similar Then as now a mixt
Signs Of the Times
A UN report said that violations alleged to have taken place in the south of Sudan “could amount to crimes against humanity or war crimes.”
Signs Of the Times
Far from American headlines Irene also left widespread destruction in the Bahamas and elsewhere in the Caribbean.
Editorials
It is past time that business and capital play a responsible role in the new American story.
Signs Of the Times
As the search goes on for Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, the bishop of Tripoli is stuck in Italy but hoping to return to the North Africa nation soon.
A physicist reflects on his work at ground zero