On Reconciliation and Peace in the Holy Land

Here it is nbsp While nbsp there were those who nbsp disagreed with nbsp Notre Dame s decision nbsp to honor the president nbsp the president honored Notre Dame with nbsp his speech nbsp President Obama spoke bluntly and very clearly about his desire to reduce abortions by reducing unwanted p

While everyone talks about their opinions on President Obama s speech at Notre Dame today David Gibson s excellent article in the Outlook section of the Washington Post tackles the issue of who is really Catholic and why so many Catholics think that they can make that call nbsp At the end of h

Lucky for President Obama a picture is worth a thousand words and the picture of cheering students welcoming him to the University of Notre Dame seemed to dispel the weeks of controversy that accompanied his invitation to receive an honorary degree at Catholicism rsquo s flagship university Unluck

The British people are in a hanging mood as the record 3 8 million a million more than usual who tuned to last Thursday s Question Time on BBC witnessed for themselves A minister and a very senior member of one of the opposition parties received not just an intense grilling on the weekly polit

Dear Mr Ron Howard I went to see your new movie last night I am writing to tell you that I am available to consult on your next movie so that you do not get so many things wrong I am not expensive The alarmists who were worried about the portrayal of the Catholic Church in Angels and Demons h

I have an article on the scandal surrounding Father Cutie and the issue of clerical celibacy at Slate today You can read it here

Well Notre Dame rsquo s commencement is nearly upon us The students rsquo parents have arrived The protesters are in place The President rsquo s speech is written Judge Noonan rsquo s speech is written ndash and his words should be greatly interesting to hear The event has thoroughly captiv

The nearly impossible challenge of Pope Benedict rsquo s ldquo pilgrimage nbsp of peace rdquo has been how to meet the expectations of very diverse audiences The task has been made all the more difficult in Israel by the media rsquo s playing the nbsp expectations game repeatedly reminding int

On the eve of his visit to Notre Dame Archbishop John R Quinn formerly of San Francisco has sent a letter to Barack Obama offering a different voice from the often strident outcries over his appearance America has received a copy of the letter which we reprint below April 24 2009The Presi

While all of the attention on Capitol Hill yesterday focused on the Senate Judiciary Committee rsquo s hearing on torture and how it is not only immoral and illegal it doesn rsquo t work But down the hall there was another hearing that warranted more attention that it got At the Committee on Hom

Pope Benedict XVI rsquo s visit to Israel has been haunted by the specter of his predecessor Pope John Paul II who was known for his positive initiatives toward the Jews But even in John Paul rsquo s time not every thing not even his pilgrimage for the Jubilee in 2000 was free of problems At

In All Things has received a copy of a letter sent by Father John Jenkins C S C the President of Notre Dame to this year s graduating class It speaks for itself May 11 2009 Dear Members of the Notre Dame Graduating Class of 2009 This Sunday as you receive your degrees at Commencement your

Does silence imply consent nbsp Amidst the recent church conflicts over the Obama-Notre Dame commencement speech and conferral of an honorary degree it has been claimed that the silence of the majority of bishops should be interpreted as an acceptance of the invitation But no reply others sile

nbsp Our blogger and frequent contributor to the mag Tom Beaudoin along with his band mates Brian Robinette and Michael Iafrate have created a new blog--sponsored by Liturgical Press--which will explore the connections between rock and theology nbsp It s nbsp called um Rock and Theology

Pope Benedict is being criticized in Israel over his remarks about the Holocaust If you come to the Jewish land as a German ndash we had different expectations Yuval Wultz a 29 year old shopping in Jerusalem told the Washington Post He was referring to Benedict rsquo s speech at Yad Vashem

In case you missed it here s Juan Williams of NPR your culture editor and Brian Lehrer on WNYC talking about Obama s visit to Notre Dame along with some very passionate callers nbsp You may recognize some insights from a certain Catholic magazine s recent editorial on the matter James Martin S

I know it rsquo s been a few weeks since America rsquo s centennial celebration but interested readers can go here to listen to an interview with ldquo JustLove rdquo a program on The Catholic Channel about our first century of Catholic journalism nbsp Be patient it takes some time to load

As a religiously literate culture-watcher I often keep an eye out for religious phrases as they are bandied about in titles and reviews in order to see just how they are being used in contemporary culture It isn rsquo t that I am either defensive or offensive that is waiting to pounce on someone