'Often it is only at the end of our rope that revelation becomes possible.'

The case for replacing Latin as the official language of the church

Reading the economic crisis

A True Scandal How disappointed I was to read your editorial calling for the U.S. bishops to narrow their policy regarding speakers and awards at Catholic institutions. Indeed, at least in my part of the world, the decision of the University of Notre Dame to grant an honorary degree to Barack Obama

The much-discussed Freedom of Choice Act "does not directly address the conscience claims of health care entities, said lawyer Susan Stabile.

Speaking on behalf of his fellow Catholic bishops in California, Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of Stockton praised the California Supreme Court decision.

One month after President Barack Obama announced the relaxation of regulations governing travel and remittances to Cuba, activists were pushing to lift travel bans on all U.S. citizens. Members of Congress, representatives of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Human Rights Watch called for

The Vatican has condemned the latest round of nuclear testing by North Korea, warning that such acts of aggression threaten “the very survival” of the country’s own people by exacerbating its isolation. • Catholic Relief Services has announced that the agency will focus on hel

Miguel Diaz, 45, is a professor of theology at the College of St. Benedict and St. John's University, both in Collegeville, Minn.

Pope Benedict Visits Israel; Bishops and Politics

Now is the time to make the necessary reforms.

Women who walk with me each day

A deep bow to the Foley Poetry entrants

In these days there is a masterclass in politics being given by the Obama administration in the US and the Brown Government in the UK Two teachers are demonstrating vividly and compellingly both what politics should be for and what happens when it fails One teaches a lesson in greatness the oth

Unlike many introductions to Thomas Merton this new short clip appearing today on PBS s Religion and Ethics Newsweekly website includes nbsp an introduction to nbsp the present-day Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani in Bardstown Kentucky nbsp It also includes interviews with Paul Pearson dire

I wonder what will be said this morning at the water fountain down the hall from George Weigel rsquo s office at the Ethics amp Public Policy Center when they read Sandro Magister rsquo s column today I will take bets that paramedics will be needed at the American Enterprise Institute where Mich

I was at Lambeth Palace a few hours ago hearing the Archbishop of Canterbury introduce a lecture by dramatically describing the chaos and failure of the current political moment nbsp Then I returned home and switched on the News to catch a breaking story that a third minister has resigned fro

The title got your attention did it not What if I had titled it The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity In the May 25 2009 issue of America Edward Foley O F M Cap wrote on the homily and its relationship to the lectionary readings of the day He argues that it is not always necessary to pr

Read Elizabeth Scalia on First Things responding to the furor in the pro-life community over the killing of Dr George Tiller nbsp Scalia also writes the blog The Anchoress nbsp Slippery slope is a useful clich eacute particularly on this issue The same slippery slopes that call for the man

The actual title of the article in this morning s Post nbsp by NARAL New York rsquo s vice-president of communications Mary Alice Carr is Why I turned down O rsquo Reilly but the real gist of her screed is different O rsquo Reilly is being incredibly disingenuous when he claims that he bears no