Phoenix AZ-- ldquo The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few rdquo the Lord tells us in the Gospel last Sunday ldquo so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest Luke 10 2 rdquo It rsquo s an observation that takes on a curious double meaning in Arizona the

A powerful story from The Boston Globe today Tucked into the benches at the Parish of the Incarnation of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on the last Sunday in June was a letter written by the Rev James A Field Diagnosed two years earlier with pancreatic cancer he had news to share in Melrose t

Former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin recently appeared on FOX News with Bill O rsquo Reilly to discuss immigration in the United States O rsquo Reilly posed this question If Palin were president could she solve the immigration problem O rsquo Reilly then goes on to ldquo interview rdquo Palin

We are very pleased to feature Fr Virgilio Elizondo on this week s podcast A professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame who still does pastoral work in his home diocese of San Antonio Fr Elizondo has just published his selected spiritual writings with Orbis Books On the podcast he d

Pope Benedict XVI s homecoming offer to Anglican opponents of women bishops looks more enticing now that the Church of England Synod has rejected a proposal for a separate jusrisdiction to accommodate them The scheme put forward by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York was voted down by the Church

Last week I was at St Catherine s College Oxford for a research colloquium on the study of religion in everyday life The meeting was one in a multi-part set of colloquia from last fall through this past summer that were organized by Dr Gordon Lynch of the University of London Birkbeck a we

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