David Gibson at Politics Daily has the story of what the US Bishops Conference heard yesterday at their national meeting from nbsp a sweeping study conducted by John Jay College Preliminary nbsp results from a sweeping study of sexual abuse in the priesthood show that the Catholic Church has be

I rsquo m opposed to the Stupak amendment Sen Claire McCaskill of Missouri told Politico com I think it goes too far It attempts to regulate private money in a private market I think we need to continue down the path of limiting taxpayer dollars for abortions but I don rsquo t think we sh

This from the National Jesuit News U S Representative Anh Joseph nbsp Cao R-La spoke with National Jesuit News about the process of discernment that he uses in reaching decisions as a U S congressman how those decisions are grounded in his background in Ignatian spirituality and why he didn

Cambridge MA When I wrote last about the value of more rather than fewer religious images in our lives I cited my essay ldquo Goddess in the Classroom rdquo Then it occurred to me that I rsquo ve said little about my teaching this semester even my current course on Hindu Goddesses and the B

Please find a spot for my little machine-y nbsp If all you know about Mother Cabrini is that prayer for a parking spot check this out posted by nbsp the Brooklyn diocese s NET channel for her feast day on Nov 13 nbsp There is a wonderful interview included with a sister from her order who

Robert Taft S J the great liturgical scholar has forgotten more about the liturgy than most of us will ever know nbsp Fr and Archimandrite Taft one of the world s leading experts on Byzantine liturgy and former vice-rector of the Pontifical Oriental Institute nbsp Rome nbsp was also prof

The shadow of Pope Benedict XVI was everywhere apparent at the first day of the USCCB meeting Except that it is not a shadow at all A shadow obscures the light making it more difficult to see The dominant theme of the meeting so far is entirely positive echoing the Holy Father rsquo s insistenc

Now that the bishops meeting has begun see Michael Sean Winters post below and keep looking for his continuing nbsp coverage for America Cardinal George nbsp has nbsp revealed what has been whispered about in Catholic circles for the past few weeks the USCCB will discuss setting up committees

I am wondering if readers can recommend any interesting ethical discussions of the uses to which email can be put I have in mind particularly the use of the blind carbon copy or BCC function that is included in most email software I first became aware of the ethical dubiousness of the BCC wh

Over at the site for the National Institute of Health Policy a program of the University of St Thomas former Minnesota Senator Dave Durenburger was not sharing the joy about both the Stupak Amendment and the historic House vote for health care reform on Nov 7 His concerns on both the bishops r

Lately when I find it hard to pray or am distracted or can t settle down interiorly I ve started to use musical settings of the psalms and other religious music to help quiet my soul nbsp nbsp It s a wonderful entree into prayer nbsp and sometimes can even become prayer itself as you let the

The USCCB begins its annual plenary session today in Baltimore On the formal agenda the bishops will consider a proposed pastoral letter on marriage which they should scrap and start over and the final approval of Mass translations some are good some not so good but it is past time to fight ov

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