YouCat The book rsquo s title sounds a bit like a trendy blog or a cartoon character but its message is a serious one ldquo It will not make life easy for you rdquo Pope Benedict XVI writes in the foreword ldquo because it demands of you a new life rdquo Short for ldquo Youth Catechism of

The Vatican is hosting a blog conference nbsp Sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Culture and Social Communications the invitation-only meeting scheduled for May 2 will ldquo allow for a dialogue between bloggers and Church representatives to listen to the experiences of those who are act

The development of iTouch devices is changing the way art museums provide interactive tools to educate the public The audioguides that started out as cassette tape players then morphed into to hand-held phones with text and music are morphing again This time the offer is an app designed to enhanc

In case you missed it Daniel and Sidney Callahan were honored last week at America House with the first Matteo Ricci S J Award nbsp The editors of America are pleased to honor Daniel Callahan and Sidney de Shazo Callahan with the Matteo Ricci S J Award for their distinguished contributio

ldquo For as the days of Noah were so will be the coming of the Son of Man For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking marrying and giving in marriage until the day Noah entered the ark and they knew nothing until the flood came and swept them all away so too will be

An extremely funny -- and alarming -- piece by the actor Hugh Grant has been posted at the New Statesman which tells the story of how he secretly taped a conversation with a tabloid journalist about phone-hacking Read The bugger bugged in all its glory here The joy of the piece is that the

From the Catholic News Agency Cardinal Luis Aponte Martinez of San Juan Puerto Rico recently asked singer Ricky Martin to refrain from promoting homosexuality and to set a good example for young people ldquo Personally I admire Ricky for the great artistic gifts the Lord has given him but I

As a big fan of The West Wing I always looked forward to any scenes in which President Bartlett s Catholicism came into focus Bartlett played of course by Martin Sheen was a generally likeable intelligent character who often grappled with moral implications of his faith In this recent inter

An update on a story we highlighted in In All Things last year Monks at St Joseph Abbey near Covington can sue for the right to sell handcrafted caskets to the public without a license from the Louisiana Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors a federal judge in New Orleans has decided U S

The National Day of Silence is being celebrated on April 15th Where I teach it was celebrated a week early due to a very busy college schedule In class I called on one of my students who instead handed me this note Please understand my reasons for not speaking today I am participating in the Day

The best review is one that makes you want to see a film or read a book without giving too much away and spoiling the experience nbsp After reading Karen Smith s review of the nbsp critically lauded nbsp new Korean film Poetry I m getting ready to see it nbsp Here s the lede Poetry rdquo

France s ban on full-face veils came into force yesterday meaning that women who cover their faces with a burqa a full-body covering that includes a mesh window over the face or a niqab a face scarf that leaves an opening for the eyes might have to pay 150 euros for wearing them in public As

In honor of the start of the baseball season we are happy to feature this guest blog post from Joseph Gerics Mr Gerics is associate superintendent for secondary education for the Archdiocese of New York News item Injured Kansas City Royals pitcher Gil Meche retired despite his guaranteed 12 m

Two articles in the New York Times today will be of interest to Catholics nbsp The first on the front page by Laurie Goodstein focuses on the new Mass translations and provides a concise summary of nbsp the events leading up to Rome s approval of the changes nbsp Her article includes comment

From Mensaje via Mirada Global a look at the crises facing the church from a Latin American perspective The Church is facing a crisis Pope Benedict XVI has said it in relation to the European Church Our own bishops in turn are concerned with Latin American Catholicism We are deeply worried

Grief not shared or acknowledged by others can be the hardest to bear Christopher Pramuk s A Hidden Sorrow Praying through Reproductive Loss brings to the Christian Community s awareness the piercing sadness of stillbirth or of infants who day shortly after being born Although the support of Go

Today s New York Times includes a full-page ad from Bill Donohue president of the Catholic League Donohue addresses the ongoing clergy sex abuse scandal and blames gay men and a hostile media for distorting the truth and attacking the church The full text of the ad a letter from Donohue entitle

Cambridge MA I am just returned from Seoul South Korea where I spend the last 9 days I was there for the Second East-West Theological Forum hosted at Ewha Women s University This forum is intended to bring together Western and Korean theologians as colleagues for extended theological conversa

A history of the musical theater, reviewed