A classic conflict of science in the public interest and science for private profit

As for sin, I haven't heard anything new for decades.

Here is a filmed review of Of Gods and Men that aired this weekend on PBS s Religion nbsp amp Ethics Newsweekly nbsp It features a wealth of beautiful clips from this beautiful film nbsp Watch the full episode See more Religion amp Ethics NewsWeekly

I rsquo ve spent the last couple days with nearly 75 young adults mostly college seniors who are participating in a new program ESTEEM at Catholic campus ministry centers across the nation designed to empower them with the tools and skills to be leaders in the church Following a panel of young

In mid-March Archbishop Raymond Burke spoke in Sydney to the Australian Catholic Students Association His talk entitled The Fall of the Christian West considers the grave evils which beset the world -- the sexual abuse of minors pornography sexual tourism drug abuse abortion embryonic st

I had taken note a few days ago of a Commonweal Blog post on a new site dedicated to and simply called Catholic Moral Theology I was poking around at the site and find it both congenial and inviting Let me excerpt their own statement of mission We are a group of North American Catholic moral t

A trailer to gladden the heart of every Philadelphia Catholic--actually every American Catholic nbsp Based on the entirely true story of the The Mighty Macs the 1972 women s basketball team of you are apparently required to use this adjective whenever you say the name of the school even though

Here is a statement from Elizabeth Johnson CSJ in response to the critique of her book Quest for the Living God by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee for Doctrine nbsp See blogpost below for more details and comments on Daniel Horan OFM s site for another reflection R

I have been reading a wonderful book DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood through Adulthood by Edward M Hallowell M D and John Ratey M D Attention Deficit Disorder is a concern foranyone teaching studying to become an educator or profes

I finally got around to seeing the Spanish film Even the Rain appropriately enough on March 22 which the UN named as world water day The film with a script by Paul Laverty the long-time script writer for Ken Loach s socially intense films is dedicated to the memory of Howard Zinn I was d

The USCCB rsquo s Committee on Doctrine has just nbsp issued a critique of a recent book by Elizabeth Johnson CSJ Distinguished Professor of Theology at Fordham University and an award-winning Catholic author nbsp and educator which is entitled Quest for the Living God Mapping the Frontiers in t

Secret Access The Vatican has a nbsp breathless title and that voice-over on the promo is a hoot but the show has some great behind-the-scenes um scenes and looks like a good catch tonight nbsp David Gibson our sometime contributor Dotcommonweal blogger he describes his involvement with

I spoke of the responsibility to protect at the international level in the preceding post The sorry tale of Father Donald Maguire S J recounted in today s NY Times depicts a profound failure of RtP at a smaller scale albeit one no less devastating to the victims described here What else can

Commentators have been comparing the current Libyan campaign with Bush 2003 in Iraq hoping to launch the following viral conceit liberals Democrats are judging Obama by different standards because the multilateral justifications for use force in the Libya air campaign are equivalent to the argumen

Last week was certainly a study in contrasts between American Catholics and their spiritual leaders and teachers On Sunday the spokesperson for the American Church New York s affable Archbishop Timothy Dolan pulled no punches while confidently defending the church s conservative positions on gay

Last week was certainly a study in contrasts between American Catholics and their spiritual leaders and teachers On Sunday the spokesperson for the American Church New York s affable Archbishop Timothy Dolan pulled no punches while confidently defending the church s conservative positions on gay