At the request of some of our readers and bloggers we have added our correspondents email addresses to the comments boxes So when you move your mouse over a commenter s name his or her email will appear Click on it and your preferred email client will open up and you can write your fellow corr

Usually we can all turn to the New York Times and the Washington Post with a reasonable degree of assurance that their writers and editors are top-notch journalists who ferret out facts put those facts in a proper context and truly enlighten a reader rsquo s understanding of whatever event is be

Graymoor Spiritual Life Center in New York has this year sponsored Saturday morning Lenten retreats based on the life and ministry of contemporary spiritual leaders I was asked to introduce the Franciscan Sister Thea Bowman to one of the Saturday morning retreats I did so gratefully I first enco

In the wake of what some observers called the worst vitriol in this country since the Civil Rights era Sister Mary nbsp Ann Walsh media relations director of the USCCB offers a call for charity nbsp nbsp Politics has become a kind of blood sport News junkies over the weekend heard reports of

nbsp Today is the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord only nine months from Christmas This is an interesting time-out in the midst of Lent as we prepare for Easter to concentrate on the coming of the Lord as an infant I used to wonder about all this talk of Jesus coming to earth as a l

One of the consequences of the blogosphere and cable news is that it is very easy to only engage those who share similar concerns or those with a similar point of view So lately I have been paying attention to conservative Catholic sites that opposed health care reform because they thought it di

It is nice to be able to write now about the new health care reform law as opposed to the health care reform bill With President Obama rsquo s signature we are now irrevocably on a path to universal access to health coverage Sr Carol Keehan received one of the twenty pens Obama used to sign

Sure Jesus multipled the loaves and fishes but he kept the fare at the Last Supper pretty simple Artists it turns out haven t had the same level of restraint Reuters reported that according to a recent study the size of the main meal in artists depictions of the Last Supper over the past 1 0

I nbsp can think of no modern churchman who deserves the title quot saint quot more than Oscar nbsp Arnulfo Romero the martyred archbishop of San Salvador who was assassinated 30 years ago today nbsp He was the first bishop martyred while celebrating Mass since the time of St Thomas of Be

Here and unusually in all three readings we can find a common crucial focus How Jesus mdash or the Isaian servant or any of us mdash will meet and engage suffering whether it is imposed by others directly or comes more remotely from human ill-will nbsp Also of course we are challenged to th

Some onlookers might find it problematic or even scandalous that a group of nuns supported the current health care reform bill whereas the U S Catholic bishops opposed it in pursuit of stronger protections against the possibility of abortion coverage and worried about costs Some news reports seeme

The USCCB nbsp has sent over the text of the bishops response to the recently passed healthcare legislation For nearly a century the Catholic bishops of the United States have called for reform of our health care system so that all may have access to the care that recognizes and affirms their hum

By now I hope you have read Andrew Bacevich s excellent article on the U S campaign in Afghanistan from the current issue To hear from Professor Bacevich a widely respected military historian listen to this week s podcast Also in the March 29th issue George Anderson S J nbsp leads a conver

Here s a no-holds-barred interview on nbsp Mother Mary McKillop and nbsp the saints on Australian Public Radio nbsp From time to time it s good to be challenged on things that Catholics take for granted nbsp nbsp nbsp The interviewer really holds my feet to the fire but in a friendly way nbs

What should the Obama administration and congressional leaders push next now that they have won the health care debate Finance reform passed a Senate panel yesterday and it is undoubtedly needed but the bill passed on a straight party-line vote and finance reform is another highly complicated is

The nature of the product automakers bring to market entails special ethical responsibility.

Understanding a new phase of episcopal ministry