Bibi Netanyahu s unprecedented second appearance before the U S Congress was widely applauded by member of Congress who couldn t stop getting to their feet It was less well received in some other corners the Oval Office for one if it had a corner according to Joe Klein writing in Time Of all th

From NCR nbsp Joseph Feuerherd nbsp NCR nbsp editor in chief and publisher died this morning after an 18-month battle with cancer He was 48 Funeral arrangements are pending Feuerherd died at 8 41 a m Eastern time at the Montgomery Hospice s Casey House in Rockville Md His family was at his

What is the role of a church situated in the midst of cultures of musicianship Two news features over the past month caught my attention and seemed to be connectable in a way significant for theology and music One feature by John Leland in the New York Times describes a new evangelical churc

LONDON I am told that the last three speakers here have been the Pope Her Majesty the Queen and Nelson Mandela President Obama began his speech at Westminster Hall which is either a very high bar or the beginning of a very funny joke President Obama is the first ever US President to addres

Today Oprah Winfrey signs off after 25 years on daytime television It has been by any estimation an astonishing career In episodes 4561 Emmys 48 guests 30 000 -- including at least one Jesuit gifts given books promoted money made -- even in that most unusual of daytime television cat

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp This week on May 26 Pat Conroy S J a Jesuit of the Oregon Province is due to be inaugurated as the 60th House Chaplain for the House of Representatives-- the first such Jesuit chaplain and only the second Catholic priest to hold the position I knew P

As anticipated the General Assembly of Caritas Internationalis under way in Rome this week has turned out to be a defining moment in the organisation s 60-year-old history as one leading Vatican official after another has sought to tie it more closely to the Holy See and the Church s mission ad ge

This might seem self-serving but I want to give everyone a warning there is a role for historical critical biblical studies Many theologians Catholic and otherwise decry disparage deprecate and condemn the guild of biblical scholars and the role of historical critical scholarship in understan

Much talk these days swirls around the impending crisis over the national debt ceiling That rsquo s certainly true within the friendly mostly confines of America rsquo s Web site It rsquo s too bad there rsquo s no painless way around the debt crisis It looks like the U S middle and upper clas

This post is a letter of qualified recommendation for a very funny smart and frequently profane set of conversations that happen on the WTF podcast I was not a podcast-kind-of-guy until I heard this show hosted by the comedian Marc Maron Twice a week he posts interviews recorded in his ga

This is part of a series of blog posts called Readings As a subscriber to 15 periodicals I will share what I discover and maybe introduce you to a new author nbsp Inevitably the way news cycles operate while we were looking the other way for several weeks obsessed with the killing of Osama

From Mensaje magazine via Mirada Global a look at the two candidates who are vying for the presidency of Peru in a June 5 run off Ollanta Humala a military nationalist and Keiko Fujimori the daughter of former president Alberto Fujimoro who is in prison for murder What seems to be quite clear

Our latest video reflection on the symbols of the Easter Season is now online To be notified when we post a new video sign up for our feed on our nbsp YouTube page Tim Reidy

Martha Nussbaum's new book looks at the "human development approach" to social development.

Once critical of extrajudicial killings, Americans have lost their inhibitions when it comes to Islamic terrorists.

Trends in modern church architecture