Justifiable Anger Re “Bishops Respond to Attacks on John Carr” (Signs of the Times, 2/22): Maybe I should not write anything because I am too angry right now at the person or persons who would do this to John Carr. He has kept the faith. I just hope he hasn’t finished the course. H

Thanks to our friends at Pax Christi USA for calling our attention to the forthcoming release of the Obama administration s first Nuclear Posture Review Executive Director Dave Robinson reminds us of the critical issues at stake The congressionally mandated review will set the role nuclear weapons

Some 100 traditionalist Anglican parishes in the US have voted to take up Pope Benedict s offer to be received corporately via the ordinariate scheme The Anglican Church in America ACA website says the decision was taken 3 March The Daily Telegraph has good coverage here That means America nb

It s amazing what you find on the Internet nbsp Searching for some information nbsp about Pedro Arrupe I stumbled upon this superb five-part documentary on the life and legacy of the former superior general of the Society of Jesus which was produced in 2008 by Georgetown University nbsp

While interviewing the Archbishop Roberto Gonzalez of San Juan Puerto Rico for a profile that will appear soon in the Tablet he said that the culture of Puerto Rico had been ldquo generated rdquo in the Church This is a central theme in the New Evangelization that has been such a prominent part

On NPR s Weekend Edition with Scott Simon talking about the Society of Jesus finding God in all things prayer poverty chastity and suffering--all in just 6 minutes and 17 seconds nbsp James Martin SJ nbsp

The jaw-dropping revelations of the appalling double life of Mexico s Marcial Maciel just keep coming James Ellroy wouldn t write such stuff and expect anyone to buy it Two years after his death the execrable life and times of the founder of the powerful Catholic religious order the Legion of Chr

Every few months I sit down with a colleague or friend of the magazine to discuss a book that may hold a special interest for America readers Usually a novel the books are chosen based their artistry and the ways in which--implicitly or explicitly--they address Catholic themes nbsp The most re

My client is not in a hurry the great Catalan architect Antoni Gaud iacute 1852-1926 used to say when people asked him when his Sagrada Familia cathedral would be finished It looks now as if his client is chivvying things along News from Rome is that Pope Benedict will consecrate this work o

Kudos to Representative Bart Stupak the pro-life Democrat from Michigan who has insisted throughout the health care debate that he wanted to see a bill pass provided it did not include government funding of abortion While deals were being made on virtually every other issue he dug in his heels d

I have now heard from a number of respondents about my earlier post asking whether tenured theologians have an obligation to help rethink the present system of academic labor Several rightly criticized the post for not going far enough Inspired by those responses and ready to put more cards on th

One looks for a glimmer of hope in this Sunday s Gospel reading nbsp The reading unfolds as a remembrance of two of Jesus threatening statements and one of his parables nbsp The threats nbsp from Jesus are the results of a certain way an audience tells Jesus about Galilean blood that Pilate ev

Former Boomtown Rat Sir Bob Geldof don t like Wednesday s report from the BBC alleging that essentially all of the money raised during 1985 s Live Aid Band Aid rock extravaganzas mdash including the big cash generated by best-selling tunes Do they know it s Christmas We are the world associa

St Edmund Campion SJ has been nbsp honored at the Church of St Mary the Virgin at Oxford as reported by Mark Silk I m happy to report that St Mary s now commemmorates Campion and 21 other men of his era with a plaque that reads at the top REMEMBER THE MARTYRS OF THE REFORMATION BOTH CATHOLI

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Father Jim Martin--culture editor blogger for In All Things author of My Life with the Saints and regular guest on our podcast--is profiled today in USA Today Father Jim s new book A Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything come

The ethics controversy surrounding Congressman Charles Rangel until yesterday the powerful Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee is yet another in a long line of incidents that prove what really needs no proving Power corrupts The cases are rooted in the psychology of power and they are

A lot according to Peter McDermott an editor at the Irish Echo nbsp For one thing work together nbsp For another don t boo against the home team nbsp He offered these insights in person the other day and I asked him to send me his blogpost nbsp Besides how could I resist posting someth

Conservatives are permitted to define whatever standards of intellectual consistency for themselves that they wish But it is important in gauging the political sincerity of a movement and its leaders to determine how they fulfill the standards they have set for themselves It is one thing to criti

The bishop s teaching on the medical use of feeding tubes for nutrition and hydration was revised last November to mandate ldquo an obligation to provide patients with food and water including medically assisted nutrition and hydration for those who cannot take food orally rdquo that nbsp extend