James Martin, S.J.

From Catholic News Service By Jonathan Luxmoore WARSAW Poland CNS — A top Polish theologian known for his work in the field of ecumenism has rejected a demand from the Vatican to retract and rewrite an article criticizing the Vatican s attitude toward Christians of other denominations Oblat

Check it out nbsp a new resource specifically designed for Catholic women nbsp just launched by St Anthony Messenger Press which combines books reading guides CDs online author interviews and even e-greetings nbsp nbsp They ve done a fine job of creating a good nbsp resource for individu

Dean Hoge whose exacting timely and provocative sociological studies helped nbsp the world nbsp better understand American Catholicism nbsp and a frequent and valued contributor to America magazine has died at age 71 nbsp There is a fine obituary by Tom Fox in NCR nbsp Here is NCR nbsp

Here s the new trailer for the film Doubt starring Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman based on the Pulitzer-Prize-winning play by John Patrick Shanley The new movie focuses on a Catholic priest Hoffman accused of sexual improprieties by a sister Streep in 1964 The film will be o

Last night on AMC rsquo s hit drama ldquo Mad Men rdquo Father Gill the young Jesuit priest who has parked himself at the local parish returned for what is supposed to be the second part in a three-part story ldquo arc rdquo And you had to feel a little sorry for his parishioners First off

David Gibson author of The Rule of Benedict and The Coming Catholic Church and a regular blogger on Beliefnet and Dotcommonweal has nbsp a provocative piece nbsp on the abortion wars as a political challenge nbsp The full article ran in The Wall Street Journal on Friday Preview Obscu

Fr Roy Bourgeois the prominent Maryknoll priest and tireless human-rights advocate best known for his opposition to the School of the Americas the U S military s school that had trained some foreign military responsible for assassinations in Latin America has found himself in some potential

nbsp Austen Ivereigh s terrific piece below on the pope s upcoming trip to Lourdes reminds us of the need to accept the presence of the supernatural as part of faith nbsp There are many resources on the web about Lourdes for those who are interested in learning more including the official

Robert Giroux the great writer and editor nbsp and publisher of such literary nbsp giants as Flannery O Connor Robert Lowell T S Eliot Virginia Woolf Jack Kerouac and many others has died at the age of 94 nbsp The New York Times had this nbsp moving obituary nbsp on September 6 nbsp He

Here s a stunning development nbsp reported by Catholic News Service nbsp about the popular Marian shrine at Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina which demonstrates the Vatican s continued reluctance about the site nbsp The sanctions are about as severe as can be leveled against a priest sho