Francis X. Clooney, S.J.

Sharon MA I am happy to offer here Part Two of Deacon Mike Iwanowicz s reflection on the Church its problems and possibilities as seen in light of his nearly 35 years of ordained ministry It builds on the personal memories placed before us in Part One and pushes the issues further I am gratef

Sharon MA As readers know I regularly help out with Masses at Our Lady of Sorrows parish in Sharon MA It is a small active and spiritual community that I am blessed to be connected with the past 13 years One of the best things about the parish is its long-time Deacon Michael Iwanowicz who

Cambridge MA This then is the third and final of my blogs on Dominus Iesus as the September 5 anniversary of its release approaches My first was a general comment the second focused on theology after the declaration and this one is about dialogue after Dominus Iesus First though I wish parti

Cambridge MA In part one of this three-part blog I reflected simply on the fact of the September 5 2000 Vatican declaration Dominus Iesus I suggested that this influential document despite its flaws and annoying tone is an important marker of the unity and boundaries of Catholic teaching with

Cambridge MA I heard just yesterday that Raimon Raimundo Panikkar died on August 26 at his home in Tavertet in Spain He was 91 Many will surely write in celebration of Fr Panikkar s long and very productive ministry as a scholar and spiritual master and this brief blog is simply my own initia

Cambridge MA It is ten years since the Congregration for the Doctrine of the Faith CDF released the Declaration entitled ldquo Dominus Iesus rdquo with the theme of ldquo the unicity and salvific universality of Jesus Christ and the Church rdquo The ldquo release date rdquo was Septembe

Cambridge MA Turning 60 seems to be the kind of event that deserves some attention I have been pondering this fact for a number of months but now with increasing awareness mdash today being August 17 my birthday just two days away but I am still not sure whether it is really a significant ma

Cambridge MA A news report the other day about the killing of 10 aid workers in Afghanistan reported ldquo The director of International Assistance Mission Dirk Frans denies the Taliban s accusations that the members of his group were missionaries He says they were on a peaceful mission to help

Cambridge MA I must be candid I am not a stellar example of being a good neighbor While I try reasonably successfully to be a good neighbor at Harvard mdash attentive to my colleagues and students intuiting who I might help listening finding friends mdash nbsp I am not much of a neighbor o

Cambridge MA I recently came across a column in the On Faith section of the Washington Post by Loriliai Biernacki A friend of mine she is a professor of Indian religions at the University of Colorado Boulder and a specialist in the study of Hinduism Her piece is entitled ldquo A rich and st