Cambridge MA I have been feeling at least mildly guilty lately mdash as an occasional blogger who has written hardly a word about the presidential election except to point out how unimaginative and inane most of our inter religious thinking has been when it comes to politics and what we do or

Posada a nbsp moving film about unaccompanied immigrant children which we profiled in nbsp a January 2007 issue of nbsp America nbsp garnered nbsp the nbsp Best Short Documentary Award from the 2008 Orlando Hispanic Film Festival on October 12 nbsp Congratulations Felicidades to Mark McGregor

One of the reasons there is such a wide divergence in various polls is their methodology Some only use land lines and some include cell phone-only voters It makes a difference

The conventional wisdom about the 2008 election is nearly unanimous John McCain closed the gap with Barack Obama when he emphasized cultural and moral issues especially in his vice-presidential choice of Sarah Palin who put some lipstick on the often angry face of social conservatism But the Wa

1 Thessalonians is the earliest letter of Paul the Apostle of which we are aware and so the earliest written document of the Church Last Sunday s second reading began with the short salutation from Paul Silvanus and Timothy to the Church in Thessalonica ending with the simple grace 1

After the stories about the cures of gentiles and the feeding of gentiles Mark has Jesus return to Israel and Galilee by boat Jesus sudden remark that his disciples must guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod is totally misunderstood by Jesus companions They t

Tomorrow on WHYY s Radio Times nbsp from Philadelphia I will be doing a live discussion about the politics of abortion in the 2008 election with Amy Sullivan from Time magazine and program host Marty Moss-Coane from 10-11 AM Be sure to tune in on the radio or online

We had a panel discussion at Catholic University yesterday on the Catholic Vote in the 2008 election You can see it on C-Span by clicking here The central question was this Is there a Catholic vote anymore and if so what will drive it in the 2008 election cycle The different panelists had th

Not even buses can escape the great British punch-up between revivified religion and its old-fashioned opponent in the opposite corner aggressive atheism The idea of atheists advertising on the sides of buses the non-existence of God was first suggested in an online article nbsp for the Guardian i

Who speaks for the Church in the realm of politics The question has been the subject of some controversy in recent days Bishop Martino in Scranton showed up at a politics forum that was discussing the U S Catholic Bishops rsquo Conference document Faithful Citizenship Instead of commending hi

In the gospel reading for this Sunday Jesus is asked to identify which is the greatest commandment He responds You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart with your whole soul and with all your mind And second You shall love your neighbor as yourself Matt 22 34-40 Usu

One might wonder why there is a second story about the multiplication of loaves no fish this time The answer begins with the fact that we are being offered a third story about Jesus working outside Israel At the end of this story about loaves Mark notes that Jesus got into a boat with his dis

The ever-resourceful David van Biema religion reporter at Time and Time com has this provocative piece online on who should become a saint nbsp Some are already en route some are poised to step or more accurately be placed on the path some may simply surprise you nbsp See if your list ma

Fr Jim Martin continues his series on prayer with this introduction to praying the rosary You can view all of Fr Jim s video s here Tim Reidy

Last night in Scranton Pa nbsp Bishop Joseph nbsp Martino arrived nbsp unexpectedly at a church-sponsored forum on the presidential election and as the local newspaper puts it vehemently expressed his distaste for what was said about the church s stance on voting for pro-choice candidates

As of yesterday there s a new Catholic news website available It s called CathNewsUSA CathNews gathers stories on Catholic issues in the U S from both Catholic sources such as Catholic News Service and Catholic News Agency and secular sources such as Newsweek USA Today and Foreign Policy

The election is only two weeks away You can expect the national polls to get a little tighter as we get closer to election day and undecided voters make their decision Political theorists have different theories about how late deciding voters will break but the truth is that most times most peop

Paul brings Galatians to an end with notes of exhortation and encouragement and yes warnings and challenges As a good parent he also manages to tell them in no uncertain terms not to make any trouble for him any longer the parental Enough Let s begin with exhortation and encouragement In

Last week on this blog I noted that humor had been sorely lacking in the McCain campaign nbsp The days that followed had McCain cracking wise at the Al Smith Dinner and on the Letterman Show and Sarah Palin appearing twice on Saturday Night Live nbsp The Letterman interview in particular has a