Here s an editorial from the LA Times on the Vatican s new directive on psychological screening of gay candidates for the priesthood nbsp And before you object to the nbsp idea of a secular paper editorializing on church affairs remember that were it not for The Boston Globe the church would

Dear Prelates and Priests I have a suggestion about how to deal with the election of Barack Obama Keep still and be quiet Father Jay Scott Newman of St Mary rsquo s in Greenville South Carolina was all over the news for suggesting that parishioners who voted for Obama needed to go to confession

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Pope Congratulates President-Elect Barack Obama Pope Benedict XVI sent a personal message to President-elect Barack Obama on Nov. 5, congratulating him and offering his prayers for Obama and for all the people of the United States. Federico Lombardi, S.J., the Vatican spokesman, said that because th

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Two new books set out to find Gerard Manley Hopkins.

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Do ntilde a Teresa de Ahumada y Cepeda who became simply Teresa de Jes uacute s following her midlife conversion had a personality so large and intriguing that it is no surprise that a novelist has chosen this Spanish Carmelite as a character around whom to weave a fictionalized story Yet histori

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Dotcom I was most grateful for the article by George M. Anderson, S.J., about my play and DVD about Dorothy Day, “Fool for Christ” (Of Many Things, 11/3), but there was a misprint that I think needs to be noted.The last part of my Web site address was given incorrectly. It should have re

It may be worthwhile checking Matt Malone s post on nbsp religion s role nbsp in the election nbsp against the 2004 interview President-elect Obama gave to the Chicago-Sun Times in which he talks of his religious faith Beliefnet has posted uncut the transcript of the hour Obama spent nbsp wi

It is time to enter Jerusalem and its Temple area Jesus approaches Jerusalem from the east from the Jordan River area he must climb the Mount of Olives passing key towns of Bethany and Bethphage on its crown Once over the top of the Mountain Jesus can see Jerusalem before him this city is o