Tim Reidy

Thanks to our production editor Stephanie Ratcliffe for her report from south Brooklyn on the eve of the arrival of Hurricane Irene Stay safe everyone Friday August 26 6 37PM–If I am going to stay away from home for a few days I am going to need clean clothes On the way to the nicer neighbor

Since Fr Jim Martin our culture editor is away in the Holy Land researching his next book follow him on Facebook for daily reports I will highlight this latest film review by Michael V Tueth S J The Help is a film adaptation of Kathryn Stockett rsquo s best-selling first novel about tellin

Fr Jim Martin author of Searching for God at Ground Zero recently returned to the site of the September 11 attacks nbsp

A very disturbing article from the upcoming issue of the New York Times magazine As Jenny lay on the obstetrician rsquo s examination table she was grateful that the ultrasound tech had turned off the overhead screen She didn rsquo t want to see the two shadows floating inside her Since making h

Just posted to our Web site Margot Patterson on the threat of sectarian conflict in Syria With protesters calling for the downfall of the Assad regime religious minorities are nervous of what will follow should the regime fall mdash and what kind of treatment they will receive in the inter

From the Jesuit magazine Streven via Mirada Global Over recent decades it has become clear that women play important roles in the use and management of natural resources They are usually the ones responsible for the provision of water and biomass energy for the household It seems logical that the

Last month our editor Fr Drew Christiansen traveled to Lambeth Palace to take part in a conference sponsored by the archbishops of Canterbury and Westminster aimed at supporting the Christian community in the Holy Land You can read our report on the conference here Now Religion and Ethics newsl

An open letter from Catholic University president John Garvey The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to draw up new lists of ldquo preventive services for women rdquo that must be included in private health plans Last week the Instit

While everyone s attention is focused on the debt ceiling debate another controversial matter may be overlooked Over at NCR Steve Schneck of Catholic University lays out the details of a new set of health care regulations due to be released next week On Aug 1 Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is s

Sad news from Washington D C Archbishop Sambi was the Vatican s ambassador to the United States and a friend of the magazine Archbishop Pietro Sambi the papal ambassador to the United States since 2005 died Wednesday night apparently from complications related to lung surgery according to Vati