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The Good Word
The past weekend was particularly busy with things expected ndash soccer games and preparing for an upcoming lecture ndash and unexpected ndash spending six hours on Saturday trying to find the loose connection that would restore power to half of our house I wanted to write on the readings f
In All Things
Many of us will celebrate Mass with African priests who come to the United States from various countries in Africa While these priests are helping us and bring us the sacraments at the same time many take advantage of educational opportunities in the United States with hopes to bring this knowledg
In All Things
There nbsp are actually 34 of nbsp us wrote Jimmy Sanchez 19 nbsp because God nbsp has never left us down here nbsp One of the 33 trapped miners in a letter quoted in Time magazine nbsp H t Deacon s Bench James Martin SJ
In All Things
Notre Dame economist Charles K Wilber will be taking readers questions on his article Awakening the Giant this Thursday October 14 To pose a question simply post to the article comments boxes Here is Wilber on why the government should consider raising taxes--and why that idea is so fiercely
In All Things
A week ago a Fordham College student took his own life At least one of the New York tabloids published the story and it made the Internet but the Times passed it up The Fordham Ram gave it two stories on page one He was a bright promising honors program prep school freshman Though bril
In All Things
I spent much of this weekend reflecting on last week rsquo s post by Fr Jim Martin on what the Catholic response could be to young people who despair to the point of ending their lives because of the negative messages they receive and bullying they endure for being gay Jim rsquo s thoughtfulness t
In All Things
Here is Elizabeth Scalia aka The Anchoress commenting on tolerance inside and outside the church on the First Things blog nbsp nbsp Towards the end of her impassioned post The Tolerance Disconnect which starts with Glee but ends with the Holy Spirit nbsp she makes a provocative suggestion
In All Things
Let rsquo s drink to the new saint nbsp nbsp How are the Jesuits celebrating the October 17th canonization of nbsp soon to be Saint Mary MacKillop nbsp nbsp In addition to coverage in Eureka Street and an editorial in America magazine 18 October nbsp the following new item from the Norther
In All Things
Today is the Feast of Blessed John XXIII the beloved Papa Roncalli nbsp Here is a reflection on his life from My Life with the Saints Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was the third of thirteen children born in 1881 into the Roncalli family who were poor farmers in the town of Sotto il Monte near B
Signs Of the Times
The Haitian hierarchy will receive substantial support from partners in North America and Europe.
Signs Of the Times
The governor-elect has promised to improve governance in one of Mexico’s most impoverished states.
Editorials
Israel needs to be reminded that the alternatives to a two-state solution are few and unattractive.
Being a refugee should be a temporary condition. Under international law, people who have fled their homes out of fear of persecution should be able to return home once conditions improve or, when they are prevented from doing so, make a new home elsewhere. To be uprooted from one’s home is es
The Word
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), Oct. 17, 2010
Signs Of the Times
If there are “large forces are at work against the poor,” so, too, there are good forces working for them.
Signs Of the Times
International campaigners see Quebec as a vulnerable beachhead for legalizing euthanasia in Canada.
Of Many Things
The beatification of John Henry Newman brought particular consolation to Catholics in the English-speaking world.
Books
The significance of the Dreyfus Affair for modern Catholicism cannot be overstated
