James Martin, S.J.

I rsquo m nbsp happy that my friend Thomas J Fitzpatrick S J who told me this nbsp wonderful story a few years ago about the late Cardinal Carlo Martini S J has allowed me to share it with you nbsp It rsquo s edited only slightly from what he sent me today nbsp It s funny provocative and

Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini SJ A great Jesuit nbsp a renowned Biblical scholar a former archbishop of Milan a widely read spiritual master a popular retreat master and a one-time possible pope has died at age 85 nbsp nbsp Cardinal Martini had been battling Parkinson s disease for many yea

I rsquo ve been a subscriber to Entertainment Weekly longer than I rsquo ve been a subscriber to America nbsp And a confession sometimes I enjoy their articles more than I do our own nbsp They rsquo ve got a terrific stable of writers which now includes the priceless Libby Gelman-Waxner nbs

News from the Society of the Sacred Heart comes to us nbsp of the death of Anne Montgomery RSCJ at the age of 85 nbsp Last year she marked her 60th anniversary as a Religious of the Sacred Heart nbsp How blessed are the peacemakers Prominent peace activist Anne Montgomery RSCJ died Monday

Two prominent Catholics have now been invited to pray and speak at the Republican and Democratic national conventions Cardinal Timothy Dolan the archbishop of New York and the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Sister Simone Campbell S S S director of Network

My friends over at The Jesuit Post invited me to film their Month in Review video which was lots of fun I had a hard time not laughing with Eric Sundrup SJ and Sam Sawyer SJ the young Jesuit editors from TJP who were filming it here at America House nbsp I hope this short promo encourage

The Lazy Paralytic 1 When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days it was reported that he was at his home 2 So many gathered around that there was no longer room for them not even in front of the door and he was speaking the word to them 3 Then some people came bringing to him a paraly

The Leadership Conference of Women Religious after an historic meeting this week in St nbsp Louis nbsp in response to the Vatican s Doctrinal Assessment has issued an official nbsp press release outlining their response nbsp The members charged the LCWR officers with beginning a conversation w