There is lots happening surrounding the push for gay marriage in the state of New York and rather than post many entries about the various vantage points and links to interesting stories below is a sort of compendium of the events over the last few weeks nbsp New York State Assemblyman Daniel O

The last few years have seen a number of editorial arguments in newspapers and journals on the exploitation of adjunct faculty by American universities next week s Nation has this contribution from William Deresiewicz concluding with a provocative challenge to American academics Just as in societ

House Speaker John Boehner rsquo s much-anticipated CUA Commencement address was the scene of yet another protest against the impact of House-inspired budget cuts on the poor According to the Washington Post about 30 graduate students engaged in a silent protest at the ceremony ndash wearing sig

Recently David W Stowe wrote an editorial for the New York Times titled Jesus Christ Rock Star Stowe is the author of No Sympathy for the Devil Christian Pop Music and the Transformation of American Evangelicalism University of North Carolina Press 2011 I have not yet read the book but f

My friend Stephen Adly Guirgis s new play The M with the Hat has just received a Tony nomination has been showered with critical praise and an extended run of the play was just announced a sure sign of a hit nbsp My friends Elizabeth Rodriguez and Yul Vazquez were also nominated for Tonys

They may not be ready for a ride in a surrey someone stop me but NCR reports on what may be an effort by the bishops committee on doctrine to repair the relationship with U S theologians and Fordham faculty in the aftermath of its critique of Sr Elizabeth Johnson rsquo s Quest for the Living G

From Thomas C Fox at NCR In what appears to be a reconciliatory move by the U S bishops rsquo Committee on Doctrine towards church scholars who took issue with the committee rsquo s sharp critique of a book by a prominent Fordham University theologian the committee executive director has wri

Saul rsquo s conversion experience described in the readings for today nbsp is amongst the most shocking events in early Christianity which is saying something but Thomas Aquinas would not call it miraculous as each soul is prepared to receive grace which Paul received in abundance Thomas say

According to Reuters and other news services Archbishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli has apparently reported that nbsp Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been wounded following recent NATO airstrikes and has probably left Tripoli The archbishop was cited as a source fo

From Reuters nbsp From Reuters The Vatican issued an instruction to bishops as a follow-up to a 2007 papal decree authorizing the wider adoption of the Latin Mass which was in universal use before the 1962-1965 Vatican Council introduced masses in local languages The re-instatement of the La

The route of the elevated 7 train which travels between Queens and Manhattan passes by 5 Pointz a now-empty artist space The owners of the building encourage graffiti artists to paint the walls resulting in a colorful array of designs and images as you can see here It s one of my favorite sp

This new article in Commonweal is a must-read for all American Catholics interested in their church nbsp Ana Maria Catanzano the chair of the Review Board for Philadelphia nbsp details why despite the work of the nbsp Board the Archdiocese of Philadelphia still found itself with 37 priests in

The letter Speaker of the House John Boehner received after he accepted an invitation to address this year rsquo s graduating class at the Catholic University of America was signed by 75 Catholic faculty members The signers did not ask him to forgo his speech but rather expressed this hope ldqu

I wrote the other day about conservative Catholic politicians whose views are at odds with church teachings and asked if church leaders would offer guidance and instruction like they often do to liberal Catholic lawmakers A high-profile example may be emerging with a letter drafted and signed by C

The governing body of the Presbyterian Church USA voted to adopt language that allows for the ordination of gay men and women to ministry The Los Angeles Times reports A debate that has raged within the Presbyterian Church for more than three decades culminated Tuesday with ratification of a mea

A lead news story in many European dailies today concerns the outrage in Belgium over the early release of the ex-wife of a notorious child killer Michelle Martin 51 pictured here at her trial was an accomplice to Marc Dutroux Europe s most notorious serial murderer and paedophile and arrested

Attention young adults and friends of young adults who want them to experience God nbsp Hearts on Fire the superb retreat program led by young Jesuits and based on the tenets of Ignatian spirituality has just announced their summer schedule nbsp From June 17 to July 16 they ll be in Was

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Some saint s lives speak to us more tellingly--for whatever reason--than others I have always had a strong devotion to Damien of Molekai Thinking about him on his feast day reminds me of two episodes The only time I have ever encountered lepers was forty years ago

From Envio magazine via Mirada Global Since 1997 there is in Panama a legally defined territory the Ng auml be-Bugl eacute Comarca of around 4 thousand sq km as the result of a long and bloody conflict A little over 110 thousand Indians from the Ng auml be and Bugl eacute peoples live in