In All Things

Tonight I gave a presentation to a group of students and staff at Santa Clara regarding recent research on the relationship between spiritual practice and sexual decision-making in the lives of college students No one who works with the current generation of college students will be surprised t

Readers of America magazine are already familiar whether they know it or not with the work of Don Doll the award-winning Jesuit photographer who teaches at Creighton University His gorgeous photos have been part of our magazine for several years Over the past several weeks his photos of th

Here s a link to the complete text of Father Adolfo Nicolas s freewheeling meeting with the press on Jan 25 in which he says among other things that he s neither Father Kolvenbach Father Arrupe or even Elvis Some journalists say that I am like Arrupe or like Kolvenbach half and

While the commentariat has covered the religious aspects of the GOP primary extensively few are looking at how religion may affect the Democratic race They should eight of the 22 states that vote next Tuesday have populations that are more than 30 Roman Catholic including the biggest prizes of

Listening to Juan Williams on Fox News cite Hillary Clinton s continued lead in national polls as evidence that the race was still hers to lose two words came to mind Rudy Giuliani If anyone ever wondered about the value of a national poll the ever-shrinking candidacy of Giuliani should persua

Senator Barack Obama went fishing for endorsements and landed the equivalent of a thirty-five pound Cape Cod striper Senator Ted Kennedy has decided to endorse Obama the big winner in Saturday s Democratic primary in South Carolina This is big Kennedy s titanic political figure casts a hu

Analysts will spend the next few days sorting through the exit poll data checking crosstabs to determine how and why Barack Obama managed to lap Hillary Clinton beating her by 28 points 55 to 27 in South Carolina s primary But three facts stand out Hillary Clinton lost the female vote

From the latest press release from GC35 Father General Adolfo Nicol s capped an eventful week as the newly elected superior general of the Jesuits with a private audience with His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI The Saturday audience began with a photo session and then the two sat down for a warm

This essay aired as a commentary on NPR Weekend Edition on Sunday January 6 I watch what I do to see what I really believe Belief and faith are not just words It s one thing for me to say I m a Christian but I have to embody what it means I have to live it So writing this essay and kn

Excerpts from a new interview taken from the CNS wire service with the new Jesuit Superior General in which he dilates on the Jesuits relationship with the Vatican the way that Asia changed him and his admiration for Gandhi ROME CNS by Cindy Wooden — The obedience affection and