James Martin, S.J.

At the opening of the Year for Priests copyeditors note for not of Pope Benedict XVI has released an extended letter to priests worldwide nbsp nbsp In his exhortation the Holy Father nbsp emphasizes the themes of service devotion and piety nbsp nbsp Using the example of St Jean Vianney

Frederico Lombardi S J the Vatican spokesperson has called the nbsp planned nbsp upcoming priestly ordinations of members of the schismatic Society of St Pius X illegitimate nbsp The order founded by Archbishop Marcel Lefevre pictured here nbsp in the wake of his rejection with many of

Dan Gilgoff who covers and covers very well the religion beat for US News amp World Report nbsp has this news about the Obama administration gearing up to address the abortion issue head on nbsp Gilgoff nbsp says that Obama will announce his plan as early as this summer nbsp Get ready n

The usually mild-mannered Paul Baumann editor in chief of Commonweal left nbsp has taken nbsp aim at Joseph Bottum editor of First Things right writing in the Weekly Standard nbsp Don t let all that concatenation of magazine names fool you this is nbsp important stuff nbsp nbsp What s

NCR has been nbsp providing in-depth coverage of the ins and outs of the Apostolic Visitation of women s religious orders which has already begun nbsp Several sisters have already told me nbsp of their congregations meeting with Mother Mary Claire Millea the superior general of the Apostles of

nbsp Ten years ago today that is June 12 1999 along with five other good Jesuit friends they rsquo re good Jesuits and good friends I was ordained to the priesthood during a Mass at church called mdash surprise mdash St Ignatius Loyola in Chestnut Hill Mass right nbsp on the campus

From David Gibson s piece on Politics Daily nbsp As usual provocative nbsp What s with Barack Obama and religion Saint Paul famously said he would be all things to all men and women when he was in equal rights mode for the sake of his beliefs That was no mean feat given that the mission

Unlike many introductions to Thomas Merton this new short clip appearing today on PBS s Religion and Ethics Newsweekly website includes nbsp an introduction to nbsp the present-day Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani in Bardstown Kentucky nbsp It also includes interviews with Paul Pearson dire

Read Elizabeth Scalia on First Things responding to the furor in the pro-life community over the killing of Dr George Tiller nbsp Scalia also writes the blog The Anchoress nbsp Slippery slope is a useful clich eacute particularly on this issue The same slippery slopes that call for the man

Bustedhalo has just posted a fascinating conversation with Sister Bernadette Reis of the Daughters of St Paul full disclosure a friend and her cousin Paul Mages a gay man living with his partner nbsp Their candid conversation reveals a great deal about the how the church can better respond