The Boston nbsp Globe running a story by Nicole nbsp Winfield of AP today has reported that the cure of a man from Marshfield Mass has been officially accepted by the Vatican as a cure attributable to the intercession of John Henry Newman clearing the way for his beatification nbsp nbsp We

A week before President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet Pope Benedict XVI praise for Obama came from a perhaps unexpected source the former theologian of the papal household under Pope John Paul II nbsp As reported by John R Allen Jr of the National Catholic Reporter Cardinal George Cottier

I love listening to the President address issues like health care reform or fixing the economy He is lucid in ways few of our presidents have been and virtually no other contemporary politician is He seems to accurately assess not only the issues involved but the values that underlay the issues P

Fr Drew Christiansen SJ editor in chief of America reports on his visit along with a small group of Catholic press representatives with President Obama this morning Thurs July 2 at the White House Fr Christiansen is pictured in the photo at the far left of the table nbsp The quotes

As mentioned yesterday Michael Novak of the American Enterprise Institute has produced a short discourse on the Pope rsquo s not-yet released encyclical on social justice over at First Things Novak rsquo s article is to the encyclical what condoms are to intercourse Novak is trying and trying de

Don t miss the extensive front-page story in The New York Times by lead religion reporter Laurie Goodstein on the Apostolic Visitation of women s religious orders in this country and of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious nbsp nbsp The Times nbsp has comments not only from Mother Mar

Cambridge MA For some time now I rsquo d been thinking of writing this incidental reflection in early July but I did not imagine that Cambridge would be 60 degrees and soaking in a cold rain as I write So much for summer idylls But I do still want to give you an idea of what a professor actual

News today that Karl Malden died at the age of 97 I liked him best in quot The Streets of San Francisco quot nbsp where he played the gruff-but- unflappable nbsp cop to Michael Douglas s hotheaded rookie reminded me of his seminal role as Fr Pete Barry the priest in the film nbsp quot On t

On our web-only quot Books amp nbsp Culture quot section is a nbsp terrific review by Fr nbsp Robert Barron of a movie you may not have heard of but which nbsp Fr Barron says is well worth seeing quot The Stoning of nbsp Soraya M quot nbsp nbsp Here s the first part which should whet y

Pope Benedict rsquo s encyclical on social justice is set to be released any day now But Michael Novak is already at the barricades interpreting the text In an article at First Things Novak has begun setting the parameters for discussion of the papal text It is important to note that the title

This stunning photo of a newly discovered mosaic of St nbsp Paul was released today by the Vatican nbsp nbsp The story was carried in the London Times H T David Gibson at Pontifications nbsp nbsp nbsp Isn t it nbsp breathtaking nbsp nbsp nbsp Here s a clip from the Times quot Vatican a

Here s Dan Gilgoff nbsp at US News nbsp amp World Report with nbsp a nbsp look at nbsp Obama s planned rollout of a common ground approach to reproductive health issues like abortion and contraception nbsp Stay tuned As the White House readies its plan for finding common ground on repr

Bernie Madoff would have to live to be 221 years of age to complete the prison term to which he was sentenced yesterday There is a cold comfort not to be confused with schadenfreude in the thought that he shall never again know what it is to be a free man The difference lies in the simple justic

Please forgive the terrible pun above but here is an interesting story out of Rome just as we are coming to the close of the end of the Pauline Year and the 2 000th anniversary of St Paul s birth Pope Benedict XVI has announced that scientific evidence shows the bones housed in the Basilica of

The year of St Paul ends with the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul on June 29th 2009 I think this year has been a tremendous gift for the Church if only to draw considered attention to the man Paul and the many facets of his ministry Certainly in my diocese that of St Paul and Minneapolis

Yesterday I attended a concert performed by the band King rsquo s X a favorite of mine for over 15 years I have seen the band at least a dozen times and they never disappoint King rsquo s X is a hard rock band comprised of three very accomplished musicians Their sound has been described as the

Cardinal Sean O rsquo Malley the Archbishop of Boston announced on Friday that he was vetoing a planned joint venture between the Catholic health care provider Caritas Christi with a non-Catholic provider Centene Corporation Part of the venture was to include an insurance program that made the

In a wide-ranging conversation on Feb 21 1973, the Rev. Billy Graham and President Richard Nixon discuss American Catholics and the Jesuits, among other topics.

Brothers and sisters As you excel in every respect in faith discourse knowledge all earnestness and in the love we have for you may you excel in this gracious act also 2 Cor 8 7 What is this gracious act of which Paul speaks I am having a difficult time concentrating as I hope to be a

Rarely is cynicism an appropriate moral stance But now is one of those rarities Yesterday afternoon the important news about developments in Iran where some analysts believe elements of the Republican Guard have effectively taken over control of the country from the mullahs one analyst used th