Thankless task dept nbsp Mark Shea and the Anchoress try to make sense out of the Corapi fiasco Good luck with that The bizarre events swirling around Father Corapi s spectacular fall from grace inspired despair and soul searching among some self-righteous rants among others and all-out loonin
Kevin Clarke
Kevin Clarke is America’s chief correspondent and the author of Oscar Romero: Love Must Win Out (Liturgical Press).
WTU to close
The Washington Theological Union is throwing in the towel In an announcement released yesterday WTU reported that it does not have the financial resources to be able to continue offering its academic services to the Church and the community beyond the 2012 – 2013 academic year hat-tip to Heidi
“We are dying and the world is watching”
As Turkey s foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu nbsp visited one of the impromptu Syrian refugee camps that have cropped up along the border Syrian children held up a cardboard sign that pretty much says it all We are dying and the world is watching Thousands have fled the Syrian army s pacificati
Sudan Crisis Worsens
The quickly deteriorating conditions in Sudan represent perhaps the most compelling case for an international intervention under the evolving responsibility to protect concept Unfortunately with that idea mdash and the NATO air campaign it inspired mdash bogged down in Libya the hard truth is th
Pope Promotes Clean Energy
Last week Pope Benedict XVI offered more evidence of his greenish sensibilities calling for more research and development of clean energy options for the future During introductory remarks made at a June 9 presentation of credentials from new ambassadors to the Vatican Pope Benedict commented on
Syrian Jesuits Call for End to Violence, National Unity
The Jesuits in Syria have issued a statement on the difficult conditions there calling for all parties to reject violence and imploring national unity dialogue and freedom of expression nbsp The Syrian Jesuits appear concerned that the political struggle in Syria is on the verge of disintegrating
Honduras: Zelaya Returns; Crisis Continues
Deposed President Manuel Mel Zelaya returned to Honduras on Saturday May 28 see Al Jazeera report almost two years after he was first removed from power by Honduran security forces and flown into exile Zelaya was greeted by thousands of red-shirted supporters at the Tegucigalpa airport By so
NATO Bombing Escalates Over Tripoli
Is NATO sensing the impending collapse of the Qaddafi regime or of support for the air campaign from a Libya-skeptical Congress Whatever the cause it appears to have decided to dramatically escalate the air campaign over the capital city of Tripoli Western reporters counted 27 air strikes today t
Boston Bean Counting
The bad news continues to leak out of the Boston archdiocese The archdiocese was again in the headlines today with a report that Boston may have to confront more shutdowns of parish and or church facilities after a nbsp radical reshuffling nbsp that would unite Boston s 291 parishes into 80 to 12
Caritas Head Says Farewell
Caritas Secretary General Lesley-Anne Knight the first woman to hold that position bid farewell May 27 to the Caritas community at its general assembly in Rome Knight had just finished to four-year term and was expected to be reappointed but her candidacy for the position was waved off by the cu
