All three of this Sunday rsquo s readings put us in mind of the end the eschaton in Greek nbsp So much of the speculation about the eschaton in the modern world comes from those who would like to tell us exactly when and how it will come nbsp Yet the post-exilic prophets the Gospels and the l

Karen Smith our indefatigable editorial director is also a painter nbsp who has written several sensitive art reviews for our Culture section including this week s review of Fernando Botero s searing Abu Ghraib series nbsp In our online Culture section this week she turns her attention to a

Next Sunday is the Feast of Christ the King which brings us to the end of this liturgical year nbsp It is fitting then that the Gospel which precedes the nbsp Feast of Christ the King speak of future things nbsp Our Sunday Gospel cites only a portion of Jesus predictions about the future a

Update Over 100 Catholic Clergy Attend Exorcism Training in Baltimore The portion of the In All Things commentariat that thinks I m in need of an exorcism may soon have their wish This weekend Catholic bishops from around the United States gather in Baltimore for the United States Conference o

From Mirada Global and Mensaje magazine a look at the popularity and unique influence of Brazil s president A politician knows he has succeeded when his adversaries come close to him to share his popularity This is what has happened to Brazilian president Luiz In aacute cio Lula da Silva Jos ea

Robert Mickens sent us this tip about a new report that he says has produced extensive evidence that last-minute changes were made to the English translation of the Roman Missal without the knowledge or approval of the competent bishops rsquo conferences and in violation of the Vatican rsquo s own

The UN General Assembly voted yesterday for a moratorium on the death penalty advocated by almost all European and Western nations but voted against by the world s greatest violators of human rights China Iran Sudan Saudi Arabia The only major western nation to be included in this roll of dis

After hearing this homily recommended by no less than six people unbidden over the last few days I post nbsp it forthwith nbsp nbsp Here is Archbishop Timothy Dolan s homily on the anniversary of the birth of Dorothy Day nbsp He is speaking at St Joseph s Church in Greenwich Village in New

Cambridge MA I am not sure if readers appreciate hearing about events at Harvard but I cannot help returning once again to the manner in which my ldquo new rdquo life at Harvard mdash as professor and now as Director of the Center for the Study of World Religions mdash keeps opening up for

Austen Ivereigh has just drawn our attention at In All Things to the publication of Verbum Domini He writes the post-synodal apostolic exhortation Verbum Domini is the most important Catholic church document on Scripture since the Second Vatican Council s groundbreaking Dogmatic Constitution on

Just after one Synod on the Middle East the results of the previous one are published The post-synodal apostolic exhortation Verbum Domini is the most important Catholic church document on Scripture since the Second Vatican Council s groundbreaking Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation kno

When I was leaving Barcelona for the airport last Monday there was a vigorous discussion on the taxi s radio about whether the nuns who cleaned the altar at last Sunday s consecration of the Sagrada Familia gave the wrong image - or for some an accurate image - about the place of women in the Chur

On November 11th the Feast of St Martin of Tours is celebrated Sulpicius Severus who wrote the biography of the fourth-century monk notes the time young Martin was returning from military exercises wearing armor simple cloak and sword A beggar asked for Martin s help in the freezing cold Ma

nbsp CNN covers the ongoing controversy in the Minnesota Catholic community surrounding the distribution of 400 000 DVDs to the local faithful by Archbishop John C Nienstedt Financed by the Knights of Columbus and anonymous donors the DVDs offer a strong reminder that the Catholic Church oppose

Within the first nbsp few minute of his primetime interview on NBC former president George W Bush seemed to nbsp have already startled Matt Lauer nbsp nbsp President Bush recounted that after his mother Barbara miscarried a child she showed the infant to her teenage son nbsp ldquo Her

Thanks to the Jesuit Web site Mirada Global select articles from America are now available in Spanish You can browse them here Mirada Global has also translated these articles into Portugese to switch languages click on the flag-colored icons in the upper right hand corner of the article page T

An interesting pairing of stories in today s New York Times First a profile of Cathleen P Black the newly appointed chancellor of the New York City school system A highly accomplished executive at Hearst Magazines she launched O Oprah s very successful monthly Black is a product of Chicago C

Capuchins in Switzerland whose numbers are diminishing are seeking some help from the classifieds to help fill their ranks The BBC reports The Capuchin order says it is looking for professional single men like bankers or lawyers aged 22 to 35 to join its dwindling ranks The Capuchin order -

Jesuit playwright Bill Cain S J has penned a new and searingly powerful play Just a year after his earlier successful play about the gun powder plot Equivocation see my review Cain portrays in his new play 9 Circles a character Daniel Reeves as a disturbed 19-year old snarled in the web o