In All Things

Three remarkable images came together for me as I celebrated Mass today on 22 January the 37th anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision legalizing abortion in the U S nbsp nbsp The bishops advised priests on this day to celebrate a Mass for Peace and Justice and ldquo pray for the full restorat

Brother nbsp Jim Boynton SJ pictured right the former vocation director of the Detroit Province of the Society of Jesus nbsp full disclosure a good nbsp friend recently started after finishing up his nbsp vocation work nbsp a new assignment in November nbsp with Jesuit Refugee and Migran

Pierre Panet mgr williamsonby labanlieuesex Bishop Richard Williamson the Society of St Pius X bishop and famous nbsp for his comments on the Holocaust nbsp has said astonishingly that the discussions between the Society of St Pius X and the Vatican are a dialogue of the deaf nbsp

I am sure that it was not the intent of the five members of the conservative majority of the Supreme Court to throw President Obama a softball In deciding to overturn the ban on corporate and labor union funding in political campaigns they were too busy focusing on how best to address a long stand

Commenting on the coverage by the media of the crisis in Haiti here on NET the network of the Brooklyn Diocese nbsp On the one hand one the other hand is here

The special election of Massachusetts Republican State Senator Scott Brown appears to doom the latest Congressional effort to broaden health services in America If history is any guide it may be a decade before anyone tries again to rationalize America s health delivery service offering effective

I have been musing about what it means to be beginning Ordinary Time for 2010 In one sense the term has a simple liturgical meaning Ordinary Time begins on the Monday after the Second nbsp Sunday of the Year The Baptism of the Lord There is paradoxically no first Sunday in Ordinary Time

John Rivera of Catholic Relief Services spoke with America today about the agency s relief efforts and its plans for helping to rebuild the country following last week s earthquake You can listen to our conversation here Tim Reidy

As someone who spent most of his childhood summers well two weeks of them every August at the Jersey Shore and as The New Yorker points out no one ever says Jersey Shore it s either the Shore or the Jersey Shore I lament this bizarre nbsp series nbsp now coming to the close of its fi

There was a common theme among White House operatives and liberal commentators yesterday David Axelrod appearing on MSNBC promised the President would continue fighting to address the anxieties felt by middle class voters Spokesman Robert Gibbs said the results in the special election in Massach