Here is a slideshow of some beautiful photos from the Jesuit Ordination Mass which was celebrated nbsp at Fordham University Chapel last weekend nbsp His Eminence Edward Cardinal Egan ordained three Jesuits in the presence of over 240 concelebrants not to mention the ordinands brother Jesuits
James Martin, S.J.
The Rev. James Martin, S.J., is a Jesuit priest, author, editor at large at America and founder of Outreach.
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Christian Brother and Former St. Mary’s President Calls for Women’s Ordination
Update I asked Brother DeThomasis through his publishers whether he was worried about the Vatican s response to his book particularly since he is nbsp speaking against the official teaching on women s ordination He replied Of course given the recent punitive actions by some Church prelates
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Give the Sacred Heart devotion a second chance
We are missing a powerful and vivid symbol of the love of Jesus, writes Father James Martin. For the Sacred Heart is nothing less than an image of the way that Jesus loves us.
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Daniel Berrigan’s ‘Ten Commandments’
Of course as someone who has written on the Old Testament particularly the Prophets Daniel Berrigan S J nbsp age 92 the Jesuit priest poet and peace activist understands the centrality of the original Ten Commandments nbsp But thanks to Jim Forest himself an apostle of social justice fo
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Gay Catholic Priest on Same-Sex Marriage
There are many celibate nbsp gay Catholic priests in the church today nbsp And let me emphasize since nbsp that last statement nbsp is nbsp usually misunderstood I m speaking about celibate gay priests nbsp These are validly ordained nbsp homosexual men who lead celibate nbsp lives
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Sr. Simone Campbell on ‘Colbert’
Sr Simone Campbell of the Sisters of Social Justice and executive director of Network a Catholic social justice group mixes it up with the self-described most famous Catholic in America talking about women religious the Gospel her Nuns on teh Bus initiative to focus attention on the poor
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Franciscan Leadership Declares ‘Solidarity’ with LCWR
A statement from the seven Franciscan OFM Provinces in the United States in support of the Leadership Conference of nbsp Women Religious has been released nbsp This is the first men s religious order nbsp publicly declare their solidarity with the LCWR and also to critique the Vatican s Doctrina
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A Prayer for Angry Catholics
We grow worried and concerned and bothered and angry and sometimes scandalized because your divine institution, our home, is filled with human beings who are sinful. Just like me.
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Matt Malone, SJ, Named New Editor in Chief of America
I am delighted to share this press release with you just approved by our Board of Directors in today s meeting nbsp nbsp Matt Malone SJ Appointed Editor-in-Chief of America Magazine Youngest Editor-in-Chief in Publication rsquo s History nbsp to Lead Nation rsquo s Only Catholic Weekly Magazi
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Book by Margaret Farley, RSM, Condemned by Vatican
One of the most respected Catholic theologians in the United States has been nbsp severely critiqued by the Vatican for one her most recent books nbsp Margaret A Farley RSM who teaches moral theology at Yale Divinity School and has served as a mentor for generations of Catholic theologians ha