Snowmass Colorado As I start this reflection I am finishing my annual retreat this time at St Benedict rsquo s Abbey way up in the Rockies and not very far from Aspen where I rsquo ve spent the last 10 days Making an annual retreat is a wonderful thing both for spiritual reasons mdash

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Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O Connor s address to the global summit of Anglican bishops meeting at Canterbury reminds them that the framework they are currently seeking has already been agreed to by the Anglican Church in decades of Catholic-Anglican dialogue aiming at unity between the two Churche

It’s a shame that Anglicans don’t have a Lourdes Let me explain.

As is tradition Barack Obama placed a note in the Western Wall when visiting Jerusalem this past week Someone took the note and published it in an Israeli paper It read Lord Protect my family and me Forgive me my sins and help me guard against pride and despair Give me the wisdom to do what

There have been so few consistently beautifully transporting spiritual exercises undergone in my life as the ones occasioned by the growing up of our daughter She is three years old and was in the car with me recently when I played Journey s 1978 Infinity album She is usually entertained by t