And why not nbsp James Martin SJ
James Martin, S.J.
The Rev. James Martin, S.J., is a Jesuit priest, author, editor at large at America and founder of Outreach.
On Father Neuhaus
This message was posted on the First Things blog this morning by Joseph Bottum editor of the magazine Fr Richard John Neuhaus slipped away today January 8 shortly before 10 o rsquo clock at the age of seventy-two He never recovered from the weakness that sent him to the hospital the day aft
May Faithful Catholics “Criticize” Bishops?
Depends what you mean by criticize nbsp Deal Hudson former editor of Crisis magazine and now director of InsideCatholic com offers a qualified yes here Hudson A Catholic journalist may therefore criticize a bishop in editorial fashion so long as he shows respect for the office maintains
Beauty Calls to Us
An artist known for his mosaics in Lourdes and Fatima designs a chapel in Connecticut
The Mosaics of Marko RupnikXXXX: A video and photo gallery
A video and photo gallery
The Mosaics of Marko Rupnik: A video and photo gallery
A video and photo gallery
Maine Bishop Threatens to Punish “Activist”
From the Associated Press The leader of Maine s Roman Catholics has taken the unusual step of threatening to punish an outspoken advocate for people who were sexually abused by priests possibly by denying him communion Paul Kendrick of Freeport has been banned from the Cathedral of the Immacu
An Interview with a Lightning Rod
Here is Michael Paulson of The Boston Globe interviewing the always-interesting always-provocative always-hardworking always generous-with-his-time always-worth-listening-to Richard McBrien the Catholic theologian teaching at Notre Dame nbsp I ve always profited from Father McBrien s wri
The New York Times on Foreign Priests
Laurie Laurie Goodstein the religion reporter at The New York Times has a fascinating nbsp three-part series on the surge in foreign priests serving in parishes in the United States nbsp There are probably few parishes in the States who have not been touched by this underreported and misunders
Putting St. Joseph Back in Christmas
Here s a story about St Joseph the hidden man of Christmas on Slate com What does his story have to say to modern-day believers Plenty For this story I interviewed both Lawrence Cunningham professor of theology at Notre Dame and Pheme Perkins professor of New Testament at Boston Col
