We notice now that Mark records three predictions by Jesus of his passion death and resurrection 8 31 9 31 10 33-34 From a literary point of view each of these three predictions serves as a heading for the stories which follow it That is each of the stories in each of the three groupin

In 2004 a grassroots organization in Ohio called ldquo Catholics for Kerry rdquo asked the campaign to send a surrogate to one of their events They were told ldquo We don rsquo t do white churches rdquo Turns out if you ldquo don rsquo t do white churches rdquo you also don rsquo t get to

Cambridge MA In last week rsquo s entry to this column I explained how I attempted to write a piece for the Sunday New York Times rsquo Modern Love section on loving God I explained that I thought that we should be able to speak of loving God in a modern accessible way My piece was not accep

Here s a fun video courtesy of Bustedhalo com on the saints and Halloween nbsp Special credit goes to exec producer Mike Hayes Bill McGarvey and Jarrad Venegas for showing how nbsp Catholic history and tradition can be made--dare I say--lighthearted with some cool video techniques nbsp And

From CNS Friend of murdered Jesuits in Moscow expresses shock over deaths By Regina Linskey Catholic News Service WASHINGTON CNS -- A Chilean priest who was friends with the two Jesuits murdered in Moscow expressed sadness and shock over their deaths Everything is so weird Jesuit Father Tom

From the Press Office of the Jesuit Curia in Rome this morning nbsp Two Jesuits Fathers Otto Messmer and Victor Betancourt killed in Moscow On Saturday 25 October Father Victor Betancourt an Ecuadorian Jesuit working in the St Thomas Philosophical Theological and Historical Institute in M

Is it over Of course not A single dreadful news cycle could still turn the race quickly back towards McCain But the numbers are daunting to say the least The first problem for McCain is that virtually every competitive swing state is a state that George W Bush carried last election Put diffe

I was reminded at mass last evening that yesterday Monday was the 50th anniversary of the election of Pope John XXIII and also the 50th anniversary of the death of Fr Wilfrid Parsons SJ editor in chief of America Magazine from 1925-1936 nbsp Parsons was very involved with the creation of the

With the announcement of Jesus death comes the serious news that Jesus disciple must be ready to carry his own cross and follow Jesus It is particularly for this news that Mark writes his Gospel He struggles to clarify the identity of Jesus now revealed as one destined to be killed but t

In recent days any number of media outlets have noted the attacks on Sarah Palin and John McCain coming from noted intellectuals within the Republican Party such as David Brooks and Peggy Noonan Some have argued that this is yet another sign of the campaign s disarray nbsp William Kristol at t

Last night John Oliver at the Daily Show did interviews nbsp with participants at both a McCain rally and an Obama rally about the other candidate nbsp It s really quite striking -- the participants use very similar common language present some of the same basic fears only Obama gets to be a

Last night I was a panelist in a forum on race gender and religion at the Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education at Fordham University One question that was raised in light of the present election is What is a real American My response was that such a question is one that

Daniel Cowart and Paul Schlesselman were charged yesterday with threatening to assassinate Barack Obama The two men are neo-Nazis and the craziness of their plot from its fixation with numerology to its campy costuming the two intended to wear white tuxedos and top hats while slaughtering Obama a

I want to thread this small reflection through the response to the psalm on All Saints Day Lord this is the people that longs to see your face The question emerging is how much we long for this experience how deep is our active desire for it both as individuals and as a Christian people Wh

Father Jim Martin associate editor and author of My Life with the Saints reflects on how to make the Mass a more prayerful experience A note from Father Jim That quote from St Augustine s sermons which I unsuccessfully tried to remember is If you receive worthily you are what you have

Let rsquo s talk about Father Gill first nbsp Last night on the absolutely superb season finale of the AMC hit show ldquo Mad Men rdquo the priest came back in the midst of a show that considered abortion suicide infidelity confession forgiveness and mortality nbsp nbsp This season

Democrats have been worried the GOP would mount some kind of foreign policy crisis to steer voters away from supporting the relatively inexperienced barack Obama Well yesterday U S forces crossed into Syria in pursuit of terrorists I read about it on page A9 of this morning s Hartford Courant

First Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput criticized Democratic nominee by name and suggested that those who support him of having done a disservice to the Church confused the natural priorities of Catholic social teaching undermined the progress pro-lifers have made and provided an excuse for some