James Martin, S.J.

All of us are called to be saints as the Second Vatican Council reminded us in nbsp its use of the term the universal call to holiness Holiness is not just the duty of a few said Mother Teresa but of nbsp everyone nbsp We do this nbsp by being loving charitable and devout in our lives no ma

Fascinating story by Edward Rothstein he of protean mind and nbsp catholic interests who pens the Ideas section in The New York Times about nbsp the exhibition at the Library of Congress of a marvelous map It was nbsp drawn by the great Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci in 1602 Readers of this b

Since we suggested donations to Catholic Relief Services we thought you would want to know what they are doing on the ground in Haiti nbsp This is their latest release CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES HELPS SET UP DISPLACED CAMP ON PORT-AU-PRINCE GOLF COURSE GETS HAITIAN HOSPITAL RUNNING Ship unloaded

As you may already know we re lucky to have two new ish editors on our team Kevin Clarke and Kerry Weber nbsp Ms Weber recently of Catholic Digest brings a fresh perspective and lively prose nbsp to our pages and our website nbsp Here she reviews An Education a provocative film nbsp t

There are many nbsp The Anchoress focuses on one resourceful team and a resourceful Jesuit Br Jim Boynton SJ nbsp as well nbsp Follow all the links for the whole story nbsp

This parody letter to the editor from Lily Coyle over at the Minneapolis Star-Tribune responds to the Rev Pat Robertson s statement that the earthquake in Haiti was the response of God over the pact that the Haitians made with the devil nbsp Michael Sean Winters had earlier commented on th

Pope Benedict XVI in his address to the nbsp synagogue in Rome today said that Pope Pius XII had saved Jews during the Holocaust in a discreet way nbsp But the president of the city s Jewish community told the congregation that the silence of Pius still hurts nbsp The nbsp two grafs nbsp

Two good pieces on Catholicism in the New York Times today nbsp First David Gibson s provocative piece on whether making saints of all popes which seems to be the current trend after all with Pius XII John XXIII Paul VI and John Paul II on track nbsp Gibson who quotes Christopher Bellitt

CNN has had the best coverage by far of the Haitian earthquake nbsp The network and its reporter Anderson Cooper who was apparently one of the first journalists to enter Port-au-Prince after the earthquake is to be greatly commended for bringing this nbsp immense human tragedy into our

A notice from the Apostleship of Prayer Full Text from Vatican Information Service At the end of today s general audience held in the Paul VI Hall the Pope launched an appeal for the dramatic situation currently being experienced in Haiti My thoughts go in particular to the population hit jus