Not of the Washington but of the Los Angeles sort In a few days the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress will set sail yet again with tens of thousands of Catholics and friends on board for music workshops lectures panels liturgy and all manner of Catholic revelry and reverie In the

The President addresses a joint session of Congress for the first time tonight Despite the lack of Republican support for his stimulus bill and the churlish and I suspect risky refusal of some GOP governors to receive some of the federal money in that bill look for President Obama to continue to

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Two stories about Jesus that I think will be a guide for Lent are His nbsp calling at the time of his baptism and nbsp his temptations in the desert which immediately follow this baptism story nbsp The descent of the Spirit into Jesus and the words from on High yo

In case you missed The Colbert Report last night here s a conversation about vocation the vow of poverty and an unusual new image of God James Martin S J

The Church in New York and indeed all of America rejoices this morning at the announcement that Pope Benedict XVI has named Archbishop Timothy Michael Dolan to be the next Archbishop of New York I have never seen Archbishop Dolan that he didn rsquo t have his arm around someone We first met in R

Film as a spiritual experience

We seem unable to extend the rules we live by to others.

The paradoxes of Ash Wednesday

Is there a reason beyond obligation for going to church For Timothy Radcliffe O P former master general of the Dominican order we go to church to receive a gift mdash a share in God rsquo s life through faith hope and love and to be sent forth to live by what we have received The major thesi

Gus Van Sant's 'Milk,' reviewed

Danny Boyle's 'Slumdog Millionaire'

What can the U.S. do to address an arms buildup on the subcontinent?

Short days and cold nights make prayer easier

This peppery work of apologetics is brief but covers a lot of ground William O rsquo Malley S J is shaped by 40 years of teaching at the high school and college level and currently teaches at Fordham Preparatory School in New York City His approach reminds me of C S Lewis rsquo s observation

Danny Boyle's 'Slumdog Millionaire'

A slide show of the famous Spanish pilgrimage