The apostolic visitation revives some unresolved conflicts.
Signs Of the Times
The Committee on Catholic Education launches a campaign to enroll one million Hispanic students in Catholic schools by 2020.
Signs Of the Times
A major study of the values and aspirations of Latino youth paints a portrait of optimism and enthusiasm in the face of significant struggles.
Signs Of the Times
" Tragic Week for African Missionaries Priests in South Africa are targets for robbers because they are believed to have money, several clerics said after a French missionary became the fourth priest to be murdered in the country during 2009. Five people, including three teenagers, have been arrest
Signs Of the Times
Cardinal Cahal Daly was remembered for his "sustained efforts in the promotion of justice and peace in Northern Ireland."
Signs Of the Times
A total of four bishops have now resigned as a result of a recent report on how the Dublin Archdiocese covered up allegations of clerical sex abuse.
Editorials
President Obama's Nobel acceptance speech was a march backward into cold war history.
Books
A native of the city, Louise Gluck visits the countryside in her latest collection of poems.
Practicing what we preach in resolving conflicts
Letters
Impressive Restraint I am impressed by the breathtaking restraint exercised by Doris Gottemoeller, R.S.M. (“A Visitor’s Guide,” 11/23). As an 81-year-old with 60 years of living this ministerial religious life, I wonder where is the outrage over the secrecy, the disrespect (of L.C.
In All Things
I spent the Octave of Christmas offline -- hence no posts for which apologies -- deep in the south-west of England daily visiting my father who is the dementia unit of an elderly care home When I started contributing to In All Things a year ago he was able to log on from his home to read these
In All Things
One of the world s most popular pilgrimage sites is set to be even more popular this year 2010 is a Holy Year for the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela which happens every time 25 July -- feast day of St James the Apostle said to be buried in the city s extraordinary cathedral -- falls on
In All Things
Cambridge MA I blog for America under the ldquo In All Things rdquo title not ldquo The Good Word rdquo but since I preach most Sundays I am occasionally tempted to cross the line and comment on the Sunday readings Perhaps it is auspicious to begin 2010 this way so here is a reflection on
In All Things
Nowhere in the New York Times in 1990 writes Peter Steinfels in his last Beliefs column today ldquo was there a regular treatment of religion for readers with a special interest in the topic as there was obviously for business and sports but also for science art architecture and many other
The Good Word
I want to wish all readers of this blog a Happy New Year I also want to let you know that I will be leaving for Greece and Turkey tomorrow with Dr Pavel Gavrilyuk and 25 students to explore the sites of ancient Christianity When able I will try to post on the sites the readings for our course
In All Things
Democrats do not know whether to pity former Vice President Dick Cheney or to vilify him Once again he has launched criticisms of President Obama rsquo s security policies that are more partisan than professorial akin to the kind of thing a mid-level communications director would say more than th
In All Things
Off and on over the past several months I ve been listening to and watching performances of Wilco s song Theologians from their 2004 album A Ghost is Born I come to the song more as someone presumably addressed by the title than as a Wilco devotee I cannot help but hear this song as a rebuke