A new hybrid embryo bill ignores ethical concerns.

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Fidelity to a particular place or person means saying no to a number of other opportunities

Though neither the Vatican nor the U.S. bishops have made a statement on nuclear power, the church has outlined the ethical case for renewable energy. In Centesimus Annus Pope John Paul II wrote that just as Pope Leo XIII in 1891 had to confront “primitive capitalism” in order to defend

A review of E.J. Dionne's 'Souled Out'

Memories of Dorothy Day, and the Catholic Worker houses in New York

Few Iraqi Refugees Resettled in U.S. More than 1,000 refugees from Iraq arrived in the United States in May, the most in recent months, bringing the fiscal-year total to 4,742 so far, the State Department reported June 3. But with just four months left in the fiscal year, the administration’s

Twenty years after the cold war, the arms race intensifies.

The issue of religious liberty is of the highest interest to me both as a theologian and as an American. It is, as it were, the American issue at the Council. The American episcopate is greatly pleased that the issue has finally appeared on the agenda of the Council, notwithstanding many efforts to

Reformulating Reform In my review of Bishop Geoffrey Robinson’s book Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church (3/10), I professed a profound sympathy for much of Bishop Robinson’s analysis of the clerical sexual abuse scandal. Indeed, I believe that his analysis of much of what a

George W. Bush’s victory in 2004 has been credited to Latino voters. Some political commentators have even claimed that a majority of Latinos elected Bush in the 2004 presidential election. The statistics disprove the latter claim. Yet Latino votes in certain swing states did lead to a Bush wi

The poetry of Robert Creeley 1926-2005 is less a poetry of song and narrative than an artistry of language and thought syntax and consciousness syllable and word Benjamin Friedlander rsquo s edition the first ldquo selected rdquo poems since Creeley rsquo s death brings together verse from

Cambridge MA In a moment I will return as promised to reflections on my spring seminar on the Yoga Sutras and the Spiritual Exercises But first I wish to thank all those who have been commenting on my bi-weekly entries particularly the last two on the anniversary of my ordination as occasi

Sen Barack Obama announced yesterday that he is opting out of the public finance system for the general election His campaign concluded that his internet fundraising base with more than 1 5 million donors and which raised 272 million through April could deliver more cash than the 80 million th

David Gibson former Vatican radio correspondent and author of The Coming Catholic Church and The Rule of Benedict has recently been invited to begin a new blog on Beliefnet Gibson full disclosure a good friend is full disclosure this would be true whether or not he s a friend one of

A few years ago there was an English film entitled Secrets and Lies It charted the story of a dysfunctional family who sat on terrible secrets and told many lies for decades Like many successful dramatic films audiences flocked to see it not only because of its compelling story but also bec

Now that the general election season is underway we are beginning to hear absurd mantras like True leaders don t change their minds My opponent flip flopped My thinking on fill in the blank is the same today yesterday and tomorrow I find this certitude bordering on idolatry--and it

Shortly before the opening of what is set to be for Anglicans a wearingly divisive Lambeth Conference comes the fuss over a gay wedding of two clergymen officiated by the rector of a well-known City of London church Martin Dudley rector of St Barts as St Bartholomew s is affection