The readings for this Sunday basically present a test case as I suppose one could argue every Scripture passage does of the idea of Inspiration discussed in my last post on What is the Good Word Yet this Sunday rsquo s second reading from 2 Timothy 3 14-4 2 especially v 16 does present the

Cambridge MA Life is particularly hectic these days at Harvard since not only are we in the middle of the semester mdash a happy but exhausting time and the business of the semester multiplies mdash but two other factors impinge on my time and energy First there is the American Academy of

nbsp nbsp Before he recites the parable in 18 1-8 Luke indicates to the reader its central teaching to pray always continually not continuously and not to grow tired or discouraged or lose heart nbsp Then the parable shows that even the most hard-hearted will eventually yield to a reque

The Anglican Bishop of Fulham in London who heads the leading grouping of Anglo-Catholic priests in the UK called Forward in Faith has announced that he will join an ordinariate once one had been created in the UK possibly next year Speaking at the FiF assembly yesterday in London he said he wo

Today is Blog Action Day 2010 the action global bloggers are invited to take is to promote awareness of global water issues its scarcity its contamination its political and strategic significance in pressure points like Darfur and at the Israeli-Palestinian stand off According to the U N a

A couple interesting posts on the recent rash of gay suicide victims across the nation see In All Things reactions here and here First openly gay Fort Worth TX city councilor Joel Burns made a tearful plea for gay youth to avoid the temptation of despair that comes along with bullying and hatr

The MacArthur Foundation recently announced the annual recipients of its so-called genius awards Twenty-three people received grants of half a million dollars each to use in any way they wished One early winner whom I personally know was Ellen Stewart founder and director of La MaMa E T C Expe

Discussion about art or beauty often regresses to a familiar conversation stopper ldquo Beauty rdquo someone inevitably will say ldquo is in the eye of the beholder rdquo End of discussion Many of the parishoners of Our Lady of Guadeloupe in Denver are living this frustrating stalemate An

ROME Last night standing outside the Jesuit Curia -- an obvious meeting-place for an America correspondent at the Vatican -- waiting for a colleague I watched the entrance to the Rome HQ just opposite of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre The cars had been cleared from that part of the Borgo San

With all the hoopla over the upcoming canonization of Mother Mary MacKillop the first Australian saint nbsp it would be nbsp terrible nbsp to forget another important canonization coming up nbsp this weekend on nbsp Oct 17 the amazing Andre Bessette the Holy Cross brother of Canada 1845-1937

New York Magazine has a fun feature on its last page called the Approval Matrix which critiques cultural trends nbsp Along the nbsp vertical axis is the spectrum Highbrow to Lowbrow nbsp Along the horizontal axis is Brilliant to Despicable nbsp nbsp Here is this week s in case nbsp my

Chile s political dynamics were largely unknown to the American public prior to this week s dramatic rescue of 33 miners And now we generally only hear about how the episode will affect President Sebasitian Pinera s chances for reelection The Jesuit-edited Mensaje magazine is a valuable source of

In previous posts nbsp I have discussed What is the Good Word What is the Good Word 2 The Old Testament and What is the Good Word 3 The New Testament today I wanted to begin the discussion of revelation inspiration and inerrancy in the Bible Even those who claim the Bible as the ldquo i

ROME There are three non-Christian participants known as special invitations at the Middle East Synod here now in its fourth day of speeches and discussions Rabbi David Rosen is a Jewish American leader well known in Catholic circles and a regular habitue of the annual interreligious peace

A Lebanese bishop yesterday reminded the Synod that Pope John Paul II in his 1995 encyclical Ut Unum Sint called for a review of the practice of papal primacy in the light of the ecclesiology of the First Millennium It was good to recall said Guy-Paul Noujaim a Lebanese auxiliary and titular bi

ROME The excellent New York-based Catholic Near East Welfare Assocation CNEWA yesterday organised a fringe press meeting to consider some of the North-American dimensions of the Synod discussions It was hosted by CNEWA s secretary-general Msgr also Archimandrite of the Greek-Catholic patriarc

Perhaps more than other Christians who seem more open to floating freely among various denominations for worship and identity Catholics tend to view some other churches as monolithic institutions with clear doctrine and discipline guiding all members along a straight and narrow path But the cove

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ROME I arrived this morning to find the 185 Catholic bishops summoned by Pope Benedict to discuss the Middle East deep into their discussions nbsp It s day three of the two-week Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops and they are beginning the discussion in small groups i