Francis X. Clooney, S.J.

Cambridge MA I recently was asked to offer a closing prayer at a parish event where the speaker was Professor Paul F Knitter a distinguished Catholic theologian and the Tillich Professor of Theology World Religions and Culture at Union Theological Seminary in New York Paul had given a fine pre

Cambridge MA Readers know that matters internal to the Church are not my major priority in blogging except in the refined sense that as we treat others we learn something about ourselves and as we receive or reject others we make choices defining and constraining who we are So I am willing to

Cambridge MA Many of you have patiently read and commented on my posts in the past four years and I appreciate your interest But most of you I ve not met and you ve had to rely on the written word But on Friday April 20 there is a chance for more If you are in the New York area and would li

Cambridge MA There are many ways to interpret the great and solemn events of Holy Thursday and preachers around the world take up different themes ranging from the spiritual to the ecclesial to the political I was privileged to preach at this year rsquo s Holy Thursday liturgy in my parish and

Cambridge MA This past weekend a remarkable event took place at Boston College Engaging Particularities X the 10th annual conference dedicated to comparative theology the theology of religions and the related fields of missiology global theology and other related fields Organized by doctora

Cambridge MA I had occasion to preach on the Harvard campus this morning mdash nbsp Thursday in the 5th week of Lent mdash and as is often the case found myself challenged by the Gospel even before I could present it to the congregation Today rsquo s reading is from the second half of chapt

Cambridge MA For readers who want more than the written word I was honored to give the Loyola Lecture at Le Moyne College in Syracuse last week on March 14 and it has already been posted at the college website You can find the video here I am introduced by Dr Fred Glennon Chair of the Depar

Cambridge MA Many readers of this blog will think of me as a progressive on interfaith matters one of those Jesuit liberals You may not know however that I am also with some regularity pilloried in the conservative Hindu blogosphere by journalists concerned about Christian aggression agains

Cambridge MA On this first Sunday of Lent February 26 we heard a remarkably brief version of Jesus rsquo time in the desert ldquo And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness He was in the wilderness for forty days tempted by Satan and he was with the wild beasts and the a

Cambridge MA Several blogs ago I promised that I would say something about recent events at CSWR the Center for the Study of World Religions which I direct and Harvard during Interfaith Week and the days around it As I suggested in that previous blog most of our events were not directly conn