In All Things

Today Pope Benedict s profound theological vision comes up against the whirlwind of America s 24 7 media culture and is indeed at the mercy of that culture A man not know for soundbites will be the subject of soundbites Instead of encyclicals and books and homilies the Pope s message wil

Here s Associate Editor Matt Malone SJ on NPR today along with a seminarian from St Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia Pa on All Things Considered considering the shortage of priestly vocations and why a person would choose to enter a seminary or religious life Besides bein

As Fr Jim Martin noted last week America s editors will be fanned out across New York this week to cover the pope s visit To supplement their coverage we re expanding our roster of bloggers to include more perspectives from both New York and DC Also thanks to Catholic News Service we

Equal time for Senator McCain After a plea to our readers to provide In All Things with a list of the Republican Senator s Catholic Advisors a kindly soul pointed us to this link McCain s Catholics We would list all the personages as we did below with Senator Obama but Mr McCain

Cambridge MA I am sure I am not alone in having mixed feeling about Pope Benedict s coming visit to the United States Of course I share the respect and even reverence due to the Papacy in general and to this holy Pope in particular and of course I share in the prayers of all those hoping tha

When I lived in Philadelphia in my early 20s I was always impressed by the way Philly did things its own way The following story from NBC s Philadelphia affiliate is a reminder of that tradition Nun named head of Philadelphia-area chamber of commerce The sister in question Francesca Onle

Here s the first post from yours truly on the New York Times s special blog A Papal Discussion Be sure to check out the very first comment which shows that while dissent is frowned upon within the church in the blogosphere anything goes Great Expectations In addition to Laur

In the Star-Ledger today David Gibson religion journalist and author of The Rule of Benedict has a well-researched piece on the increasing regularity with which Benedict has been sporting far more traditional vesture Gibson on Benedict Keith Pecklers S J looked at the same phenomenon–m

Today Senator Barack Obama announced his national Catholic advisory committee The names are a fascinating mix of well Catholics–and include some regular and recent America contributors like Mary Jo Bane Lisa Cahill Richard Gaillardetz Cathy Kaveny and David O Brien And congratulations t