James Martin, S.J.

From the Associated Press story on Bishop Martino s resignation this morning at a news conference where he was accompanied by Cardinal Justin Rigali the archbishop of Philadelphia nbsp and Bishop John Doherty Martino s auxiliary For some time now there has not been a clear consensus among th

One reader asked for the text of the letter from Senator Kennedy to Pope Benedict XVI hand-delivered by President Obama to the pope on his recent visit to Vatican City portions of which were read yesterday by Cardinal McCarrick at the graveside service nbsp The full text is below along with the

According to Michael Paulson at the Boston Globe in an article earlier today Cardinal Sean O Malley who gave the final commendation at the funeral of Senator Kennedy was under intense pressure not to afford the senator whose deep faith and life of prayer have become more public in the past few d

NCR is reporting that Bishop Joseph F Martino of Scranton Pa has resigned abruptly nbsp nbsp In All Things readers will recall that Bishop Martino during a parish meeting last fall nbsp centering the USCCB s document Faithful Citizenship in the midst of the presidential election declar

nbsp Our own Matt Malone SJ who will soon and sadly for us be departing the magazine for theology studies in preparation for ordination appears on NET the Brooklyn diocese s new web channel speaking about Sen Kennedy nbsp Matt is humble about his political acumen and background he worked

nbsp We ve gotten thousands of hits and a boatload of letters on this week s two nbsp cover stories by Bishop John D Arcy and John Quinn on the Notre Dame affair nbsp Some you can already read at the close of each of the articles others we will publish in later editions of the magazine nbsp F

Senator Edward M Kennedy was far from the perfect man nbsp In fact his infamous actions at Chappaquiddick Island in 1969 which led to the death of the young Mary Jo Kopechne he called at the time ldquo indefensible rdquo I agree Less remarked-upon nbsp over the last few days nbsp has been

Dan Gilgoff over at US News interviews Adam Clymer Senator Kennedy s biographer on the man s faith Some obituaries today are calling Ted Kennedy a devout Catholic How important was his faith to him personally It meant a great deal to him A friend of his told me how painful it was for him not to t

The always-worth-listening-to David Gibson has a fine piece over at Politics Daily on the passing of the Senate s lion nbsp It is tempting to view Ted Kennedy s passing as the end of an era both politically and culturally but also religiously — the end of a reform-minded socially oriented Cath

I ll let you make up your mind what exactly is going on nbsp First the story from CNS Vatican official downplays report of planned liturgical reformsBy John ThavisCatholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY CNS — A Vatican spokesman downplayed a report that major liturgical reforms are being considere