nbsp In our own pages Fr Michael Czerny S J director of the African Jesuits AIDS Network has spoken in similar terms about the crisis of AIDS in Africa nbsp We learn as we go along that AIDS is very complex H I V is a virus that reduces and destroys the immune system But it rsquo s al

Yesterday in a conversation with the press the Pope was widely cited as having said that the distribution of condoms would increase the problem of AIDS nbsp This has met with expected backlash agencies ranging from the World Health Organization and the New York Times to the French government

Father Jim s latest collaboration with Loyola Productions is now up on Youtube Check it out below

As Christians in the world we cannot help but be influenced by the developments that happen around us Indeed we believe that many of these advances are gifts from God given to us to enjoy But not all developments in thinking and practices are for the better nbsp One alarming development is the

No not THAT choice act The Employee Free Choice Act EFCA which unlike the bugaboo pro-abortion bill that still has not been introduced in Congress is beginning to gain traction as the nation rsquo s economic woes cause everyone to look beyond the fluctuations in the Dow Jones Industrial Averag

The Obama economic team commentators and experts of every sort are scrambling to deal with the tide of public outrage over the million dollar bonuses announced by the government-subsidized and U S -owned A I G for senior managers including those who negotiated the high-risk deals that led to the

1 St Patrick was not Irish Patrick was actually a Welshman who was abducted as a child by Irish brigands He was a slave for six years before he escaped After his conversion experience and years of study he returned to Ireland to convert the Irish 2 nbsp nbsp It s very unlikely that St Pa

How to get value from our past negative experiences and move on with insight and energy can be difficult and it rsquo s addressed by these readings nbsp Before the exile of Judah Israel culminating in the early sixth century B C E with return beginning around 530 or so it sounds as if the pro

On March 5 the California Supreme Court began its hearings for its decision on the constitutionality of Proposition 8 passed as a referendum by California voters in November 2008 affirming that marriage is to be defined nbsp as between a man and a woman Proposition 8 was supported by 52 of t

Cambridge MA Once again allow me to speak in an area where I am by no means expert I am sure that many of you have already read Pope Benedict rsquo s letter of March 10 ldquo concerning the remission of the excommunication of the four bishops consecrated by Archbishop Lefebvre rdquo In it t

Perhaps it was merely a coincidence that the news about AIG rsquo s determination to give bonuses to the very employees who drove the company into the dirt came on the same weekend that cable movie channel TBS was replaying the 2003 Chris Rock comedy Head of State Rock played a city councilman wh

Finding joy at the L.A. Congress

Religious Leaders Assess Causes, Consequences of Christian Exodus Religious leaders met in Detroit, Lebanon and Rome in February to address the accelerating emigration of Christians from the Middle East, an exodus that seriously threatens the survival of Christianity in the region. Currently betw

Mauricio Garcia on Colombia's violent history

A group of Catholic leaders, scholars and theologians publicly expressed support on March 1 for the nomination of Governor Kathleen Sebelius, Democrat of Kansas, to be the next secretary of health and human services. In a statement organized by Catholics United, a Washington-based progressive organi

Both the hard facts and the fanciful legends about Patrick have the power to fascinate and instruct.

A potent symbol of the journey from Lent to Easter

The fourth in a series for Lent