The post-mortem over episcopal interventions nbsp in the nbsp election is likely to dominate the bishops meeting nbsp in Baltimore Thomas Reese SJ here and John Allen over at NCR have excellent analyses of who will be waving the surgical knives and what they hope to establish There s a second

Here s news from Bill McGarvey editor of Bustedhalo com the website for young adult seekers and believers about a fun new idea for pilgrimage In an age such as ours is it possible to reinvigorate that old model nbsp and bring a spiritual dimension to a 21st century holiday nbsp Before n

From Thomas J Reese S J senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center in Washington DC and former editor in chief of America one of his typically astute analyses of the U S bishops approach to the political sphere nbsp Bishops Plan for Dealing with a Democratic Washington On No

We have seen four stories that follow in a certain logic upon the first prediction of the passion resurrection conditions of discipleship the Transfiguration the mystery of Elijah who restores all things and the faith to call upon Jesus in prayer for healing We continued with the second

For those of you who won t be able to see Frank Langella in the revival of A Man for All Seasons in New York here s the next best thing Fathers Jim Martin and Mike Tueth sit down with Emily Brennan of Columbia University to discuss the new production The panel discusses among other things

Forgive me Father for I have sinned It has been two weeks since my last confession I really like Sarah Palin Palin has been the focus of many post-mortems most of it unfair The only time the GOP was excited or McCain led in the polls was in the immediate aftermath of her selection as Veep a

Still in Galilee Jesus predicts his suffering and resurrection a second time here as earlier and later he says he will die and rise as the Son of Man i e the person the OT has said would suffer then be glorified and would finally be judge of the world Messiah Lord Savior

On Monday Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City joined a long list of bishops issuing increasingly apocalyptic warnings about the consequences of Barack Obama winning the presidency He urged voters to consider their eternal salvation Evidently Cardinal Bertone considered his eternal salvation and

President-elect Obama ran a campaign that was arresting in its discipline There were almost no leaks But in his very first twenty-four hours since the election the news that he had offered the job of White House chief-of-staff to Cong Rahm Emmanuel leaked to the press This would have been fine

A vigorous debate took place this morning among the cable newssquawkers about whether the results of yesterday s election signal a sea-change in America s attitudes toward race Tucker Carlson claimed on MSNBC that it was insulting to suggest that America passed a moral test by voting for Obam

From the Archdiocese of Washington Washington Archbishop Donald W Wuerl called upon the faithful of the archdiocese to pray for President-elect Obama and all of the newly elected as they take on their new responsibilities nbsp ldquo We offer our prayers today for our nation and for our newly ele

Yesterday the New York Times reported that a number of news staffs particularly CBS might call the election as early as 8pm Given the swing state polls that were closed by that time the CBS news staff reportedly was speculating that by then it might have all the information it needed On MSNBC

Here is some analysis sent to us by Thomas J Reese S J senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center and former editor-in-chief of America Catholic voters ignored the instructions of a group of vocal bishops and delivered 54 of their vote for Barack Obama as president of the United States

Last night for the majority of Americans of all backgrounds especially for African-Americans and other minority groups was an intensely moving one--one that as Michael Sean Winters wrote will take time to appreciate digest and analyze But it was not simply a profound moment for Ameri

Barack Obama rsquo s landslide victory will require time sink in emotionally and also analytically The exit polls will need to be adjusted to reflect the actual turnout The numbers we had last night were skewed to the Democrats and under-counted Catholics I suspect Still some things are apparent

When I was first invited to contribute to In All Things I wrote as a European envious of what the rise of Barack Obama showed the old continent about the United States Enlightened religion is deficient in piety feeling and popular power while Evangelicals are too prone to give reason the day

OurVoteLive org has an ongoing tally of voter problems nbsp So far 33 545 reports have been made since Election Day began nbsp

The first series of stories after the first passion prediction finishes with a story of the healing of a boy possessed by a demon The beginning of this story continues Jesus descent from the mount of Transfiguration The lengthy story is quite picturesque with a number of places dedicated to

This past Sunday I worshipped at St Augustine rsquo s church here in Washington D C It is the oldest congregation of black Catholics in the city The pastor did not preach about the election He didn rsquo t have to The anticipation in the room the smiles the nervousness were all immediately