Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan a nbsp Mexican cardinal and emeritus president of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Health 1996-2009 has said in an interview with Pontifex that homosexuals and transvestites will never enter into the reign of God appealing to St Paul nbsp T rans e omos

President Barack Obama rsquo s speech at West Point last night hit all the right notes in articulating a new policy and new forces for Afghanistan No one can doubt that the President believes his strategy is correct on the merits because politically there is something for everyone to hate Libe

Normally I do not reply to readers rsquo comments but the comments on my post earlier today are frankly shocking Thomas Peters Communications Director of the American Principles Project chose to speak at an event hosted by the leading promoters of anti-Semitism in Poland The college that hos

One of the guests on The Colbert Report tonight will be Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno S J Ph D a planetary scientist and expert on meteorites and full disclosure friend who works at the Vatican Observatory in Rome and Tucson nbsp Guy who has umpteen degrees from places like nbsp M I T

Second Sunday of Advent Year C The entrance antiphon and gospel specifically and the first reading and response more allusively speak of God rsquo s role to ldquo save rdquo give ldquo salvation rdquo to Israel believers perhaps all humans and even creation Now is a good time to ask exact

I will freely confess that what I don t know about college football is a lot but even as casual a follower as myself could not pass up a headline purporting to get at the heart of the dilemma of Notre Dame football s continuing decline Here I thought the blame could lie with ND s reluctance to flo

One of the tasks of political analysis is to see what is being said by those with whom one normally disagrees Sometimes this is pleasant - and provocative in the best sense of the word The blog Mirror of Justice is the brainchild of Notre Dame law professor Rick Garnett and whenever I consult hi

Cambridge MA You may have read Kenneth Wolfe rsquo s Op-Ed piece in Sunday rsquo s New York Times Week in Review Latin Mass Appeal Mr Wolfe rsquo s argument has to do with what he considers the undue and ill-considered influence of Father and later Archbishop Annibale Bugnini on the reform

And not lose your mind nbsp In three easy steps

Bruce Springsteen s latest tour just wrapped up and Dave Nantais has the goods on the Boss s performance nbsp Nantais rightly puts his finger on something that many more high-toned critics miss his concerts are fun Some call Bruce Springsteen ldquo The Boss rdquo but on Nov 13 during a pe

Sunday s referendum in Switzerland in which more than 57 of voters and 22 out of 26 cantons voted in favour of a ban on further construction of minarets has been strongly criticized by the president of the Vatican s Council for Migrants Msgr Antonio Maria Vegli ograve said the popular support

I love the Christmas season even if prior to becoming a Catholic I tried to invent it myself nbsp Admittedly it was an inchoate creation based upon buying little treats each week which I would hide away in preparation for Christmas day These were not mind you gifts for family members just

The issue of federal funding for abortion threatens to derail final passage of a health care bill All sides claim the same goal Extending the logic of the Hyde Amendment which bans federal funds from covering abortions in any current government insurance program to the newly configured exchanges

The genius of Michael Ford’s new book, Spiritual Masters for All Seasons (paperback, Hidden Spring) is not that it tells the stories and limns the theologies of four great contemporary Catholic spiritual masters—Thomas Merton, Henri Nouwen, Anthony de Mello and John O’Donohue. The

Downsizing the Man-Eaters; Wonderful Copenhagen?

The prison is the symbol of our country’s violation of our deepest values” and must be closed immediately, a group of religious leaders said.

Holding hands, not holding back