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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reform Begins at Last; Deporting Roma People; Hidden From the World

Interreligious relations and the Synod of the Middle East

The Model Gentleman “Conspiracy of Bishops and Faithful,” by Drew Christiansen, S.J. (9/27), reminds me that the 19th-century prose and even the poetry of John Henry Newman may be a little hard for today’s readers to digest. But to read him, even to meditate on his seamless logic,