For anyone concerned that undocumented immigrants are taking jobs from American citizens the United Farm Workers has a response Come take them back nbsp The UFW has started a Web site called takeourjobs org nbsp A statement posted on the site s homepage clarifies the message There are two is

When my five-year-old nephew found out that there was to be a family wedding on July 9 of next year nbsp he admonished our family July 9 he nbsp said We can t go That s when Expectable Me opens nbsp Television had successfully drummed into his nbsp impressionable brain nbsp the opening

Department of unintended consequences The excommunication of Sister Margaret McBride has apparently drawn the attention of the ACLU CNS reports In a July 1 letter to the acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services the ACLU said the Phoenix case and others cited in an

Paul Locatelli SJ a nbsp terrific Jesuit a fine priest a superb administrator longtime president of Santa Clara University and a longtime friend to many editors here at America died today at age 71 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer nbsp Until recently he had been working in a high

Today July 10 is the 85th Anniversary of the beginning of the Scopes Monkey Trial the famous Tennessee court case that was ostensibly concerned with the issue of whether John T Scopes a 24-year old science teacher was breaking the law by teaching evolution in a school but soon and forever

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p 10c Marilynne Robinson www thedailyshow com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party nbsp nbsp

From CNS Revised Vatican norms to cover sex abuse attempted women s ordination Friday July 9 2010 By John Thavis Catholic News Service nbsp VATICAN CITY CNS -- The Vatican is preparing to update the 2001 norms that deal with priestly sex abuse of minors in effect codifying practices that ha

Each morning on my way to work I pass by the newest branch of the Church of Scientology It rsquo s an impressive structure recently outfitted for the transition from office building to religious center There was a grand opening a couple months ago with quite a theatrical set built out front to a

I ve been thinking a lot about Bishop Kevin Dowling lately As you probably have seen nbsp in the past few posts Dowling an outspoken South African bishop gave a frank nbsp talk to a group of lay leaders in Cape Town in June Yesterday a friend sent me a link to his thoughtful address posted on

The saga of South African Bishop Kevin Dowling s incendiary address which was up before being down and then up again on the good old internet took a step or two closer to truthiness when NCR was able to wrangle some kind of explanation from Dowling about the speech he presented June 1 before a sma

There is much bad news in the press today about a Waterbury CT priest who appears to have failed his community in just about every way possible By chance I came upon the story of another Waterbury CT priest who ran his race a little better I thought it might be worth sharing for those folks in W

The address by South African Bishop Kevin Dowling has been reposted at Independent Catholic News So far no explanation as to why it was taken down from the site editor Owing to the rather frank tone of the address there has been some speculation swirling around the net that may be getting ahead o

With the nationwide heat wave forcing us indoors summer reading has become an even more essential part of the season Respected book-blog The Millions suggests a comprehensive summer reading list and looks ahead to some of the most anticipated forthcoming books of 2010 Included is Rick Moody s lat

Bishop Kevin Dowling s hard-hitting talk on the dismantling of Vatican II which I blogged about below nbsp has apparently been expunged from the Independent Catholic News site nbsp Let us know if you find it anywhere else on the web nbsp nbsp Perhaps the Independent website isn t all that i

nbsp Eagle-eyed America readers and church observers will have noticed that two America authors have been selected for leadership roles by Pope Benedict Blase Cupich a frequent contributor to our pages and formerly the bishop of Rapid City S D has been named Bishop of Spokane Washington And

Cambridge MA As you know from my last blog I am way behind on current events insofar as I ever catch up due to a very busy June and most recently my retreat near Dublin Much that I would have written can be allowed to pass without observable loss However I did want to return to the item not

In the course of the day during my summer teaching instructing six Jesuit scholastics from Italy and Mexico in English conversation and reading comprehension we trade a lot of jokes about how Jesuits from different countries perceive each other nbsp Today s zinger came from a perceptive Mexican

The Israel Defense Force rsquo s Military Advocate General has decided to discipline or indict a number of officers and soldiers for their conduct during winter 2008-2009 rsquo s controversial ldquo Cast Lead rdquo operation in Gaza An IDF staff sergeant has been indicted for manslaughter for all

Strong words from Kevin Dowling nbsp C Ss R the Catholic bishop of Rostenburg South Africa nbsp to a group of leading laity in Cape Town on June 1 nbsp He takes as his jumping-off point the Tridentine Mass celebrated by Bishop Edward James Slattery in Washington DC but his point goes bey