The "Oppose Destructive Stem-Cell Research campaign encourages viewers to express opposition to proposed federal guidelines.

Only 48 residents of the Gaza Stripabout half as many as originally reportedwere able to attend the papal Mass in Bethlehem.

We have a Vatican II president. Barack Obama, I am sure, does not think of himself in those terms, but when I heard his speech at Grant Park in Chicago the night he was elected, and more recently his commencement address at Notre Dame, that is what immediately struck me. On those occasions he embodi

Alan Wolfe's 'The Future of Liberalism,' reviewed

"Goodbye Solo" deals with the human desire to help those in need--and the equal desire, in some, not to be helped.

The 2,600-page report of the Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse "throws light on a dark period of the past."

Avery Dulles: A portrait of the theologian as a young man

Is the price of approval by the A.P.A. the betrayal of their conscience?

Catholic social justice organizations, petitioned President Obama to support the formation of an independent commission on the use of torture.

The Archbishop of Dublin has greeted the new Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols with an unusual rebuke Dr Martin on Thursday described his remarks on the ldquo courage rdquo of Irish religious orders in confronting child abuse as unhelpful The report by the Commission to Inquire into

The scandal over the expenses of British politicians has gone on long enough says the Archbishop of Canterbury who has warned that the systematic humiliation of MPs over their expenses is a threat to democracy in Britain Writing in The Times on Saturday Dr Rowan Williams said the daily press re

The transfiguration of Jesus already spoke of the glory of Jesus in this story the showing of Jesus rsquo glory we recall that glory is a characteristic of kingship means to underline what in the hours of Jesus rsquo trial and death seemed an impossible outcome of crucifixion To put his deat

More on our online Culture page nbsp Here s a smart and funny review about a smart and funny show 30 Rock written by Jake Martin a Jesuit scholastic who used to be a stand-up comic nbsp nbsp nbsp Martin no relation other than being my brother Jesuit explains why the show is more than

William Saletan has a nuanced nbsp article on Slate about what Obama s visit to Notre Dame the source of seemingly unending controversy nbsp Here s Saletan Smart pro-lifers understand the multidimensionality of public opinion That s why in his introduction of Obama Notre Dame s president t

Mr Deal Hudson has taken exception to my blog post yesterday which focused on an article of his that questioned why Israel insists on being designated as a Jewish state He now writes Winters is obviously unaware that I have and do unequivocally support a Jewish state Alas Mr Hudson is argu

Dick Cheney rsquo s mien is too distinct to be uncultivated and so distinctly sinister watching him defend his administration rsquo s record on torture yesterday was a bit like watching a trailer for a summer horror flick The banality of the image ndash the starched white shirt the flat monot

Cambridge MA I recently wrote a remembrance of a very old swami Swami Sarvagatananda of the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society This time I write of a middle-aged swami who is by all accounts still very active in his ministry nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp The occasion is that recently I was sent a copy of

There were many in the congregation at today s Mass of Installation of the new Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols who smiled at the moment when his predecessor Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O Connor handed him the crozier They remembered how in 2000 it was the then Bishop Nichols who handed t

Dan Gilgoff of US News has the inside story on the reception into the Catholic church of Newt Gingrich nbsp nbsp nbsp An excerpt The moment that finally convinced me to convert was when Benedict XVI came here to the United States and Callista in the church choir sang for him at the vesper