In All Things

Many Christian churches celebrate annually ldquo laity Sunday The Catholic Church every October celebrates ldquo world mission Sunday While not in favor of continually adding special themes to Sunday feasts I think a case could be made for linking Ascension Thursday to the mission of the lait

Now I wasn t there and it s possible that these quotes from Catholic News Service can be taken out of context but the comments below betray a certain consistency with other recent episcopal responses to the physical and sexual abuse of Catholic children and the media and public reaction to same th

Over at Catholic Digest Editor in Chief Dan Connors recently wrote a thought-provoking article in which he expresses a frustration with clericalism arguing that the laity needs to look at the possibility of its own complicity in the abuse scandal The crisis and who is to blame is as he says in

I ve already blogged about Matt Malone s article on the upcoming U K elections but allow me to plug our podcast on the same subject Matt helped coordinate America s coverage of the U S elections in 2008 so his take on the elections in Britain are particularly interesting The British media for

Washington was consumed this weekend with one question When Congress completes work on the financial reform legislation should it next take up comprehensive immigration reform first or climate change legislation The discussion has shown precisely why so many people say they have little respect fo

Monday s headlines in Britain s two most popular right-wing newspapers are so off the wall they are laughable Offensive Foreign Office memo threatens Pope s historic visit claims the Mail Pope could cancel UK visit over offensive foreign office memo screams the Telegraph The fact that th

At the end of Mass this morning in my central London church my parish priest stepped forward to read the powerful gracious and unambiguous statement on clerical sex abuse issued last Friday by the Catholic bishops of England and Wales The repeated use of the words shame scandal crimes r

Well not exactly Arch Street but close enough Many years ago after graduating from college nbsp I was nbsp backpacking through nbsp Europe on a nbsp Eurailpass with a friend and also with just a few dollars in my pocket nbsp One day in Paris nbsp croissant in hand yes truly nbsp my compa

Richard Leonard rsquo s essay The Mystical Gaze rsquo and the DVD release of Avatar provide an opportunity to revisit the film nbsp nbsp Leonard helpfully points to the level on which the film works nbsp Endless reviews of its clich eacute d story line simply miss the point nbsp It rsquo