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Signs Of the Times
Paulist Father Lawrence Boadt, a leading Catholic biblical scholar and former CEO and president of Paulist Press, died at his residence in Mahwah, N.J., July 24 after a long battle with cancer. He was 67. ♦ In the wake of an undercover video and news report documenting priests in Rom
Faith in Focus
Why I still root for Bobby Hurley
For decades the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University has been an invaluable resource for data on the American Catholic community. Founded in 1964, CARA's mission--to increase the church's self understanding--neatly dovetails with that of America, and we have
The Word
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (C), Aug. 15, 2010
Signs Of the Times
“All of the musical settings need to be rewritten,” said Annette Wright, a director of music from Ray Township, Mich.
Signs Of the Times
The campaign to prevent the construction of a Muslim community center near the site of the World Trade Center attacks is emblematic of an “Islamophobia," John L. Esposito said.
Signs Of the Times
New laws may help keep Wall Street in line, but what's next?
Signs Of the Times
Catholic activists in India push back against land-use conversions from food to bio-fuels.
In All Things
Cambridge MA I must be candid I am not a stellar example of being a good neighbor While I try reasonably successfully to be a good neighbor at Harvard mdash attentive to my colleagues and students intuiting who I might help listening finding friends mdash nbsp I am not much of a neighbor o
In All Things
Today s Feast reminded me of an entertaining story about St Ignatius it has been told and retold to the extent that its original author can perhaps no longer be known but I heard it first when I was a Jesuit novice from the great Fr Vinny O Keefe S J nbsp It goes something like this In the e
FaithFaith in Focus
An excerpt from ‘The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything,’ by Father James Martin
In All Things
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Like many city dwellers I tend to pray on the go especially on the subway to work in the early morning At that hour before six fellow passengers are relatively subdued either waking up or reading newspapers when I set out
In All Things
The citizens of Trento are no doubt happy to reclaim their city from the 585 moral theologians who invaded it for a giant five-day three-generation family reunion the group of us included pre-Vatican II Vatican II and post-Vatican II moral theologians from 73 countries I m sure we gave Trenti
In All Things
On July 25 the digital gadflies at WikiLeaks org offered up their latest e-coup what WikiLeaks is calling the Afghan War Diaries It is 91 000 documents from the mundane to the heartbreaking that trace the daily violent trudge through the frustrating tactical maze that our nation-building adventu
In All Things
As the midterm election season speeds up the legislative calendar a proposal for setting new global priorities transferring resources from nuclear weapons to satisfying basic needs especially those of children is making its way through Congress It has just received endorsement from the Vatican
In All Things
Arizona s Catholic bishops released the following statement yesterday afternoon on a federal court decision which blocks some elements of Arizona s controversial immigration law more on this We the Roman Catholic Bishops in Arizona commend Judge Susan Bolton for enjoining some of the more probl
In All Things
ldquo Spill Baby Spill rdquo is a line Sarah Palin might have coined during these months since the oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico It is after all the underside of ldquo drill baby drill rdquo the mantra she used to evoke how easy and near is the remedy to our nat
In All Things
The trafficking of women and children for purposes of sex has grown exponentially to become a major criminal activity mdash generating funds of around 12 billion a year just behind the criminal funds generated by illegal drug and arms sales The United Nations Protocol to Prevent Suppress and Pun