The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report recognizes the mortgage crisis for the fundamental failure of responsibility it was.

A profound expression of what it means to be a pastor

Breaking rocks in the hot sun I fought the law and the law won I fought the law and the law won I needed money lsquo cause I had none I fought the law and the law won I fought the law and the law won These are the opening lyrics to a great rock n rsquo roll song by Sonny Curtis I Fought

Tired of all the trash-talking in the blogosphere on talk shows and in our political discourse nbsp Ever think to yourself Jesus had to be against that right nbsp Well here s a reflection on the Gospel reading for Sunday Feb 13 which offered us some lessons on nbsp charity in the Christ

Cambridge MA For any preacher this Sunday rsquo s portion of the Sermon on the Mount poses great challenges It is quite long a full 20 verses Matthew 5 17-37 It is also full of difficult ideas Jesus is the one who comes to fulfill accomplish the Law in its every detail If the Pharisees a

The deep and ongoing scandal of sexual abuse and its coverup in the Roman Catholic Church raises the most uncomfortable of theological questions What does sexual abuse say about Catholicism itself about the Catholic Church itself And how do those who are or were affiliated with Catholicism live o

It s award season in Hollywood and although the staff here at America won t be heading to the Kodak Theater we do have an honor of our own to celebrate America has been nominated for a Readers Choice Award for Best Catholic Magazine over at About com s Catholicism page We re grateful for your s

Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes who appeared to St Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 nbsp The shrine in Southern France is of course one of the great Catholic pilgrimage sites nbsp But because of time or money or illness you might not be able to journey to Lourdes even if you are devote

Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams was most recently in the national headlines for the arrest of a Pennsylvania abortionist and his staff because of a little house of horrors they were maintaining in West Philadelphia Today he announced some other alleged horrors out of Philadelphia in th

Michael O Hanlon has a post up on Confession A Catholic App Yes there s evan an app for that nbsp nbsp It spurred some reflections too long for a comment The app is essentially an examination of conscience ported to the iPhone nbsp At least two similar apps have been around for a while nb

There are as many paths to God as there are individuals This series on Huffington Post looks at six of the most well-traveled paths for contemporary believers nbsp Today we look at this path of exploration A few years ago I worked with an Off-Broadway acting company that was producing on a ne

I ve had the delight and challenge for the last several years of being involved with the Rock and Theology Project underwritten by Liturgical Press involving theologians who are also rock musicians and fans writing about the overlap of sacred theology and secular music And in the spirit of in

Noting that the majority of Catholics who serve in the 112th Congress are far more conservative than those in the previous two former George W Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson asks in the Washington Post ldquo What influence is this shift likely to have rdquo The short answer in Gerson rsquo

With respect to recent and not so recent posts in this blog on Verbum Domini a reader Susan nbsp sent in a link to an article concerning a nbsp talk by Cardinal Marc Ouellet in Spain in which he discussed Verbum Domini and a crisis with respect to the study of the Bible The article cites him

Despite the great potential for diversity to serve as a clarion call to break down harmful boundaries between people there still exists as part of the human condition a longing for the familiar and the comfortable We find people associating with one another based on common tasks beliefs or opport

In an article that one might reasonably mistake for being from The Onion the BBC reports Catholic church gives blessing to iPhone app The Catholic Church has approved an iPhone app that helps guide worshippers through confession The program - called Confession - went on sale last week through i

From Mensaje magazine via Mirada Global Thousands of secret cables from U S diplomacy published by WikiLeaks show us an unflattering portrait of Latin America The reports from the embassies to Washington have two clearly different messages One is in the analysis of U S diplomats This level

This winter brought the unexpected intersection of Henri Nouwen and Super Bowl Sunday into my life mdash a great spiritual force making an appearance during a weekend when tired winter existence was about to become bedazzled by whatever would occur between strong teams from the gritty towns of Green

Is Jerry Loughner the only one to blame for the events in Tucson?