The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them they brought the donkey and the colt and put their cloaks on them and he sat on them A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road The crowds that went ahead of him and

Palm Sunday raises at least two nbsp important spiritual questions for Christians What does it mean to be like Jesus And what does it means to take up our crosses just like he did First you don t need to go looking for your cross Life gives them to you Whether it s an illness or a tough famil

I m completely and utterly biased favorably that is about this article since I m a New England Jesuit and nbsp know well all the Jesuits nbsp quoted and pictured in reference to Fairfield University s beautiful new and environmentally friendly Jesuit residence nbsp The old residence was

Cambridge MA I had been thinking recently of writing a blog on my life at Harvard in recent days by way of example detailing this most interesting and exhausting week since my return from Korea That I should write it now still early on the Saturday morning before Palm Sunday is inspired by

My comments on Wednesday with respect to historical reality and ldquo deception rdquo in the Bible drove me back to some good friends books on interpretation of the Bible What I found disturbing in the original post on which I was commenting and in many of the comments which followed was this

Don t miss in this week s Culture section nbsp Paul Mariani s lively piece on working with the actor James Franco in a recent film adaptation of Mariani s own biography of the American poet Hart Crane nbsp An excerpt This energy this promise this brilliance this tragic dance that was Hart

Since Fr Jim s excellent post earlier on the problem of incivility in the Catholic blogosphere John Allen has written intriguingly at NCR about the need to overcome what he calls tribal Catholicism - the fragmentation of the Church which he says means increasingly we re becoming strangers to o

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