Inside Higher Ed reported last week on a development from the University of Notre Dame following the tragic death of a student-worker on campus The student Declan Sullivan was filming a football game for the school in dangerous winds when the platform on which he was standing collapsed from u

Catholic News Service reports that US bishops approved an historic document recognizing baptisms from four Protestant Churches From CNS BALTIMORE CNS -- In what Archbishop Wilton D Gregory of Atlanta called a milestone on the ecumenical journey the U S Catholic bishops affirmed an agreement

With nbsp even greater nbsp resonance now for nbsp Catholics in the United States here is a repeat of a podcast episode featuring Archbishop Timothy Dolan the newly elected president of the USCCB nbsp During the interview which first ran on his weekly Sirius XM show in September the nbsp archb

For those wishing to read to the end of Mortimer Adler s book previously discussed here his main theme is that the power of conceptual human thought is unduplicated anywhere else in the Universe It is the immaterial component in his constitution that makes him a person requires his special cre

The US National Labor Relations Board NLRB has called upon Borgess Medical Center of Kalamazoo Michigan to appear before a hearing to respond to accusations of union-busting activity The charges describe actions taken in the course of contract negotiations with the Michigan Nurses Association

I can t help feeling that the ugly scenes in the Greek capital yesterday when a mob descended on Muslims gathering for Eid prayers are going to become more common in Europe Just as Al-Qaeda scapegoats Christians in Iraq so Muslims are becoming convenient whipping-boys for rising European anxieti

Here s Tom Reese on the surprising election of Archbishop Timothy Dolan as president of the USCCB At their meeting this week in Baltimore the U S bishops signaled that they are going to continue their conservative tilt in both the church and American politics This rightward tilt became evident s

Describing himself surprised and humbled by the honor New York Archbishop Tim Dolan downplayed suggestions that his election represented a break with U S C C B tradition Tucson Bishop Gerald Kicanas as vice president of the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops for the expiring term was widely ex

Though the bishops have been preoccupied with U S C C B issues naturally two matters have been a major preoccupation during this fall general assembly the precarious status of Iraqi Christians and the deteriorating conditions in Haiti On the latter I spoke with Catholic Relief Services Presi

Having a Brit contributing to In All Things means you have to put up with strange spellings endless reports on indecisive Anglicans with their toes in the Tiber and stories about the Royal Family nbsp Except there haven t been any Not for a long time Not since the Queen Mother died and

Update nbsp Kicanas issues a statement on Dolan s election In what can only be described as an upset N Y Archbishop Tim Dolan has been elected the President of the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops defeating Tucson Bishop Gerald Kicanas According to past practice as U S C C B vice president

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Great news for a wonderful Jesuit priest working in Ecuador from National Jesuit News Father John Halligan founder of theWorking Boys rsquo Center WBC nbsp in Quito Ecuador was co-recipient of this year rsquo sOpus Prize one of the largest humanitarian awards that is designed to provide a s

Who speaks for the church came up both as an action item for the fall general assembly of the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops and in Cardinal Francis George rsquo s final address as U S C C B president The bishops will be deciding tomorrow on a proposal to reassess levels of authority of churc

Just posted to our site a memo to the bishops from Vincent Miller of the University of Dayton As the bishops meet in Baltimore this week the political climate and economic crisis demand they consider the effectiveness of their teaching the full range of Catholic social doctrine Every Catholic an

Several months ago I mentioned a book by philosopher Mortimer J Adler The Difference of Man and the Difference It Makes and noted that we d be having an online discussion here in the fall The reprinted edition of this book is offered by Fordham University Press and most if not all of the book

A Jesuit friend likes to say Cheap is good free is better nbsp In that spirit nbsp here is nbsp a free nbsp Reading and Discussion Guide for The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything which has just been posted online and can be downloaded and printed out nbsp This version will be in the pap