I lived for one year in Fort Defiance Ariz on the Navajo reservation about a half hour south of Navajo NM where Sister Marguerite Bartz was killed last November During my time on the reservation I often interacted with a Sister of the Blessed Sacrament who like Bartz strove for peace and j

I know very little about comic-book culture--other than the obvious stuff what Kryptonite does what Wolverine s blades are made of and why with great power come great responsibility nbsp Jim McDermott former associate editor and current film student on the other hand knows a lot nbsp And I

In light of the charged debate surrounding the troubling new immigration law in Arizona it is worth revisiting John J Savant s article from October 26 Imagining the Immigrant Savant s prescient insight was that the nation s anti-immigrant fervor is fundamentally a failure of imagination The A

Normally it is better to put pins in your eyes than to watch a congressional hearing But today is not a normal day Today executives from Goldman Sachs the Wall Street investment firm recently indicted by the SEC will be testifying before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and

Chastity is another way to love, and, as such, has a great deal to teach everyone.

Many Christian churches celebrate annually ldquo laity Sunday The Catholic Church every October celebrates ldquo world mission Sunday While not in favor of continually adding special themes to Sunday feasts I think a case could be made for linking Ascension Thursday to the mission of the lait

Now I wasn t there and it s possible that these quotes from Catholic News Service can be taken out of context but the comments below betray a certain consistency with other recent episcopal responses to the physical and sexual abuse of Catholic children and the media and public reaction to same th

Over at Catholic Digest Editor in Chief Dan Connors recently wrote a thought-provoking article in which he expresses a frustration with clericalism arguing that the laity needs to look at the possibility of its own complicity in the abuse scandal The crisis and who is to blame is as he says in

I ve already blogged about Matt Malone s article on the upcoming U K elections but allow me to plug our podcast on the same subject Matt helped coordinate America s coverage of the U S elections in 2008 so his take on the elections in Britain are particularly interesting The British media for

There is an important article by Joseph Bottum at The Weekly Standard com on the recent ldquo odd hysteria rdquo that is the media rsquo s response and role in the recent and revived claims regarding sexual abuse by priests and cover-ups of this abuse by some in the Church rsquo s leadership Th

Washington was consumed this weekend with one question When Congress completes work on the financial reform legislation should it next take up comprehensive immigration reform first or climate change legislation The discussion has shown precisely why so many people say they have little respect fo

A recent spate of memoirs attest to the unique relationship we have with pets.

The church has long advocated a world free of nuclear weapons.

James H. Charlesworth's new book is a massive study of snake symbolism across several millennia.

A pastor assesses the spiritual journey of Chinese Catholic immigrants.

In her new novel Anne Lamott explores the "many evils that pull on our children."

Is Anyone Listening? Courageous and forthright are words that come to mind in trying to describe the editorial “The Millstone” (4/12), although it occurs to this reader that America’s clear and concise suggestions could have been made some years ago. “Come clean, be accountab