Francis X. Clooney, S.J.

Cambridge MA It has been a pleasure to write this occasional blog for America but perhaps never more than today when I have the opportunity to celebrate in this small way the birthday of my father James J Clooney who turns 90 on March 30th nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Born in Jersey City in 191

Cambridge MA Once again allow me to speak in an area where I am by no means expert I am sure that many of you have already read Pope Benedict rsquo s letter of March 10 ldquo concerning the remission of the excommunication of the four bishops consecrated by Archbishop Lefebvre rdquo In it t

Cambridge MA In my last contribution to this blog I wrote about my lecture course God Hindu and Christian This time still the comparative theologian I would like to tell you about my seminar a course dedicated almost entirely to one Hindu text the Vedarthasamgraha ldquo The Summary of th

Cambridge One of the nice things about having a blog with America is that in my bi-weekly piece I can write about anything I want mdash including less talked about topics such as what I a professor actually teach We devote a lot of time energy and thought to our courses and hope that studen

Cambridge MA I was inspired by Fr Jim Martin rsquo s excellent piece on the deep anti-semitism of the Society of Saint Piux X SSPX and looked for myself at the website of SSPX to see what else might be found there The essay to which Fr Martin refers ldquo The Mystery of the Jews rdquo is no

Cambridge MA Each year in January I head out to Los Angeles mdash or more precisely Culver City within LA mdash to be with the Jesuit novices of the West Coast for a few days of conversation on interreligious dialogue I wrote about this last year in this space so need not describe again t

Cambridge MA As you know I contribute one of these reflections just about every two weeks I try to be regular in doing so and for that purpose also try to write the reflection edit it check it and post it all within one hour rsquo s time Readers posting comments mostly kind are adept a

Cambridge MA I return today for a third time to the theme of Krishna in Advent nbsp In my first and second reflections on this theme I highlighted famous verses from Chapter 4 of the nbsp Bhagavad Gita and from the commentary on the verses by the medieval theologian Ramanuja There is a lot go

nbsp Cambridge MA My reflections last week made clear my hope that in this Advent season we can engage in interreligious intercultural learning by considering as an example the teaching on the birth of Lord Krishna in the world according to the Bhagavad Gita I continue now with verses I c