In All Things

It is nice to be able to write now about the new health care reform law as opposed to the health care reform bill With President Obama rsquo s signature we are now irrevocably on a path to universal access to health coverage Sr Carol Keehan received one of the twenty pens Obama used to sign

I nbsp can think of no modern churchman who deserves the title quot saint quot more than Oscar nbsp Arnulfo Romero the martyred archbishop of San Salvador who was assassinated 30 years ago today nbsp He was the first bishop martyred while celebrating Mass since the time of St Thomas of Be

Sure Jesus multipled the loaves and fishes but he kept the fare at the Last Supper pretty simple Artists it turns out haven t had the same level of restraint Reuters reported that according to a recent study the size of the main meal in artists depictions of the Last Supper over the past 1 0

By now I hope you have read Andrew Bacevich s excellent article on the U S campaign in Afghanistan from the current issue To hear from Professor Bacevich a widely respected military historian listen to this week s podcast Also in the March 29th issue George Anderson S J nbsp leads a conver

What should the Obama administration and congressional leaders push next now that they have won the health care debate Finance reform passed a Senate panel yesterday and it is undoubtedly needed but the bill passed on a straight party-line vote and finance reform is another highly complicated is

The USCCB nbsp has sent over the text of the bishops response to the recently passed healthcare legislation For nearly a century the Catholic bishops of the United States have called for reform of our health care system so that all may have access to the care that recognizes and affirms their hum

Here s a no-holds-barred interview on nbsp Mother Mary McKillop and nbsp the saints on Australian Public Radio nbsp From time to time it s good to be challenged on things that Catholics take for granted nbsp nbsp nbsp The interviewer really holds my feet to the fire but in a friendly way nbs

Some onlookers might find it problematic or even scandalous that a group of nuns supported the current health care reform bill whereas the U S Catholic bishops opposed it in pursuit of stronger protections against the possibility of abortion coverage and worried about costs Some news reports seeme

It is funny to witness how so many people assessing the same set of characters and facts can reach such extraordinarily different conclusions The question in attentive Catholic circles was the same however Did he cave The quot he quot in question is pro-life Congressman Bart Stupak who refus

I have surely written this before but I love the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress and I want to thank every person who has the smallest hand in bringing this gathering into being each year The workshops are enlightening and alternately challenging and affirming The liturgies and other c