Just as people of faith travel to holy places through the world such as Lourdes or Mecca music fans also recognize the sacredness of certain locations One such righteous locale is Austin Texas home of the annual South by Southwest SXSW festival nbsp My wife and I were SXSW rock and roll pil

The progressive catholic group Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good have an interesting take on how the politics of the abortion issue is changing You can find it here

I guess I must repeat the question What is it about President Obama that drives otherwise sane people crazy Our friends at National Review Online have run a symposium on the subject of Notre Dame rsquo s decision to award the President an honorary degree and to invite him to give this year rsquo

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp The nbsp astounding salvific nbsp revelations to Mary about the identity of her Son deserve to be the subject of homilies on this Feast of the Annunciation nbsp What Gabriel makes known to Mary becomes the patrimony of the Gospel reader with these revelations he can unde

Do you know Father Daniel Lord SJ nbsp You would have if you were an American Catholic in the 1950s nbsp The legendary Jesuit priest was nbsp what Daniel Endres a doctoral student at Catholic University nbsp called nbsp a larger-than-life figure of the seeingly confidence cohesive preconcil

The University of Notre Dame made twin announcements that President Barack Obama would be giving the commencement speech and Ambassador MaryAnn Glendon would be receiving the university rsquo s Laetare Medal this past weekend The first news about Obama came on Friday and blogger extraordinaire Roc

In this Lenten season, Stanley Spencer's Christ Carrying the Cross seems to transcend its time.

Massimo Franco a distinguished columnist for the Corriere della Sera of Milan presents an interesting thesis in this book which he states in the introduction ldquo In probing the relationship between these two extremities of Western civilization mdash the United States at one end and the papacy

Congress should strive to bring to light the Bush administration's crimes against liberty.

Our Responsibility to All Creation

Africans preparing for the October 2009 Special Assembly are emphasizing the need to find ways to address poverty, justice and reconciliation.

New Wineskins Thank you for “Exceptional Pastoring,” by Mary M. Foley (3/9). My parish priest is running three parishes spread over two towns, the parish priest next door is running two other parishes in two other towns—and so it goes. Here in England, we have far fewer priests tha

The "Catholic Climate Covenant" asks Catholics to pray and reflect on the duty to care for Gods creation.

Where science and spirituality meet

A rip-roaring story of 21st-century humanitarianism

Progress and Challenges as Africa Prepares for Synod Africans preparing for the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Africa, to be held in October 2009, are emphasizing the need to find concrete ways to address the problems of a continent that has made much progress since the bishops’

in India in the 21st century there are few true Gandhians left.

Bishops in Central America have criticized mining operations for their environmental and social damage.

Israeli officials have reportedly issued a demolition order for buildings built on property owned by the Greek Orthodox Church.