In All Things

Cambridge MA A comment on my last blog was memorable ldquo Fr Looney seems to hold a fascination for everything but Catholicism rdquo Spelling is abominable these days But more importantly the writer seemed to juxtapose two disconnected fascinations one for things Catholic and one for o

The third in a series Ever said to yourself I would believe in God if only I had some distinct experience of God In my last two posts I spoke not only of our innate desire for the divine as a call from God but also of some specific ways through which we can become aware of those God-given

From CNS Public anger at Catholic Church over abuse prevails despite changes By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service WASHINGTON CNS — There is a distinctly different level of anger from the public directed toward the Catholic Church over the sexual abuse of minors than toward other organizations

A lot of folks mouth agape may have been tracking the stock market for the last few days Some are eyeballing employment data looking for an indication that the nation may finally be resetting on more secure economic footing One economic-ish statistic which may have gone unnoticed today was track

In the I Can t Believe He Really Said That Department nbsp comes this story from the London Tablet in which Cardinal Christoph nbsp Sch ouml nborn archbishop of Vienna nbsp is reported to have leveled an attack on Cardinal Angelo Sodano one of the most senior officials in the nbsp Curia nbsp

With just a few seats still to declare but no party winning a majority Parliament remains hung In a bid to lead the next Government the Conservative leader David Cameron has just made what he called a big open comprehensive offer to the Liberal-Democrats Stressing that his is the party wit

Yesterday and today I am attending the Washington Briefing sponsored by the National Catholic Reporter and Trinity College The event brings together prominent Catholics to discuss the role of the Church in the life of the nation at this moment of history and it is well worth the effort that was

There are 49 constituencies still to call but it is clear that neither Labor nor the Conservatives will be able to reach the majority of 326 seats even when obvious allies are added in The Conservatives have 280 seats Labor 240 Lib-Dems 52 others 27 Even if the Liberal-Democrats form an allia

As Big Ben strikes 4 00 a m we are getting a clearer picture of the electoral reality We know that in all likelihood there will be a hung Parliament a kind of political stalemate in which no one party has a majority in the House of Commons We know that the Conservatives will have the most seats

It is approaching 3 00 a m here in London and in the words of Ed Miliband Britain s secretary of state for energy the people have spoken but we don t quite know what they ve said The Conservative Party had 116 seats on its so-called lsquo hit list rsquo the seats they thought they had a ch