James Martin, S.J.

More on the protean complicated soon-to-be-Blessed John Henry Newman in the newly rescued Boston Globe Because of his protean mind and voluminous writings then he is beloved by groups that are often at loggerheads More traditional Catholics admire Newman s elegant apologias for Catholicism

Here s nbsp one of the most nbsp cogent reasons why the New York State Legislature shouldn t nbsp open a window to extend nbsp the statute of limitations for sexual abuse cases in the Catholic church from Commonweal s lead editorial this week nbsp And I emphasize the Catholic church nbsp nbsp

One of my favorite things about the Internet are wild things like this nbsp nbsp May of course is Mary s month and my friends at nbsp Order of Malta more specifically representatives from nbsp the Order of Malta worldwide are in Lourdes this week for their annual pilgrimage when they take

nbsp Don t miss a terrific review of two hot shows on Broadway with explicit and implicit religious themes–Freidrich Schiller s old chestnut Mary Stuart brought to exciting new life by Janet McTeer and Harriet Walter and Eugene Ionesco s Exit the King with nbsp Geoffrey Rush Susan Sarando

Many nbsp in the pro-life movement seem to agree that we nbsp need not only new strategies since public opinion seems more or less nbsp fixed nbsp but also nbsp a new language nbsp Well here s something new nbsp Now nbsp I m not suggesting that we move away from nbsp anything in the Catholi

Ever since I worked in a Jesuit parish in a slum in Nairobi Kenya called Mtakatifu Yosefu Mfanyakazi or St Joseph the Worker I have been drawn nbsp to this aspect of the foster father of Jesus nbsp Of course we know little about him other than the little that the Gospels tell us nbsp Josep

The results of a Pew survey on the Notre Dame controversy are out and make for nbsp illuminating reading nbsp But the real news which takes us beyond the ND situation nbsp is deeper down in the report nbsp The opening graf says it all Most Catholics who have heard about the issue support th

The Boston Globe has the story on Jack Sullivan nbsp the Marshfield Mass man who has been cured of a longstanding illness through the intercession of Venerable John Henry Newman nbsp For Sullivan who said he has remained pain-free since his prayers were answered and who has lately been busy

An Open Letter to John JenkinsJohn Jenkins CSCPresident Notre Dame UniversityNotre Dame IndianaDear Father Jenkins Now that Mary Ann Glendon has announced that she would not accept Notre Dame rsquo s prestigious Laetare Medal because she was ldquo dismayed rdquo by the university rsquo s awar

To accompany our America Centennial Mass video which Tim Reidy put together see our homepage video section here s a bit of reporting on the Big Day in case you weren t able to join us nbsp And we really did pray for all of our readers–including you James Martin SJ