James Martin, S.J.

CCHD the Catholic Campaign for Human Development has been under attack lately–unfairly nbsp David Gibson nbsp sets the record straight in an online piece for America here Gibson nbsp In nbsp a denunciation that America blogger Austen Ivereigh declared ldquo manifestly unjust rdquo Fat

This surprising story reported by nbsp AP just came across our desk nbsp nbsp A snip The Roman Catholic archbishop of San Salvador opposes reopening the prosecution of Salvadoran officials in the 1989 massacre of six Jesuit priests the cleric said Sunday nbsp Human rights activists have pu

Here s an editorial from the LA Times on the Vatican s new directive on psychological screening of gay candidates for the priesthood nbsp And before you object to the nbsp idea of a secular paper editorializing on church affairs remember that were it not for The Boston Globe the church would

Fr Roy Bourgeois MM the Maryknoll priest who has been threatened with excommunication for his participation at nbsp an nbsp ordination rite nbsp for women will nbsp travel to the Vatican to appeal his decision nbsp AP is reporting with a contingent of fellow priests and a bishop nbsp Despi

nbsp From The New York Times by Victoria Burnett AP a surprising development in a case that has great meaning for many of our readers and our editors as well Nearly 20 years after the Salvadoran Army killed six Jesuit priests in one of the most notorious events of El Salvador s civil war a

From The New York Times First Pictures Taken of Extrasolar Planets The heavens declare the glory of God the sky proclaims its builder s craft nbsp One day to the next conveys that message one night to the next imparts that knowledge There is no word or sound no voice is heard Yet the

For all those Mad Men fanatics out there and I know you re there–whenever we post on that show we get loads of hits here s a provocative article on the ways that Arthur Miller s midcentury Death of a Salesman anticipated some of the themes of AMC s hit show nbsp Mark Scalese the au

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp George Coyne SJ the former director of the Vatican observatory talks to Bustedhalo com on this lively video and explains the church s official view on evolution nbsp It s called Is evolution making a monkey out of the Catholic church Check it out here nbsp

From CNS Bishops approve section of missal translation rejected in June By Nancy Frazier O Brien Catholic News Service BALTIMORE CNS — Despite some continued criticism that the translation is plagued by obscure wording and sentences that are too long the U S bishops approved another lengthy

Just released by the USCCB is this statement on the election of Barack Obama and the abortion issue STATEMENT of the President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ldquo If the Lord does not build the house in vain do its builders labor if the Lord does not watch over the city i