One of the best Latin words used by the Society of Jesus is the murmurationes or murmuratio depending on which Latin professor you speak with It is the four-day period just begun in Rome before the election of the new Superior General in which the delegates murmur thus the word about
In All Things
Holding Out for a Hero?
Three states and three different winners Huckabee in Iowa McCain in New Hampshire and now Romney in Michigan This was exactly the situation foreseen and desired by Rudy Giuliani s strategists when they decided to forgo the early states and concentrate only on winner-take-all Florida on January
Interreligious Learning in Culver City
Cambridge MA Last week I was in Culver City California — the famed movie town in the midst of Los Angeles I was there to visit the Jesuit Novitiate of the California Province to give a 3-day seminar on interreligious dialogue and related issues to the first year novices of the California and
Does Romney Need to Win Today in Michigan?
Former Massachusetts Gov Mitt Romney spent more blood and treasure than any other candidate in both Iowa and New Hampshire but he came in second in both states Today in Michigan where his father George was once a popular Governor he needs a win Romney has the money to continue in the race wh
Catholic Higher Education – Losing Out on a Crucial American Moment?
Over the last several months the news has been full of examples of institutions of higher education led most recently by Harvard changing their tuition policies as a way of reconsidering the negative effects of the exorbitant cost of college education in the United States Is anyone else disapp
Catholic Writing & Catholic Reading
As I ve been preparing for a new semester of teaching at Fordham a course on Catholic novels I ve been rereading Flannery O Connor s brilliant essay collection Mystery and Manners One of the essays included in that volume edited by Sally and Robert Fitzgerald was originally published
GC Update: Kolvenbach Resigns
With the blessing of the Holy Father granted the 20th of June 2005 and after having obtained a positive vote from the Assistants for provident care and from the Provincials of the whole Society on the seriousness of the reasons to resign I present now to the judgement of the General Congregation
Did Hillary diss Dr. King?
Sen Hillary Clinton tried to trumpet her political prowess while disparaging the verbal skills of her opponent Sen Barack Obama with a lesson from history Here is what she said Dr King s dream began to be realized when President Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act Now there is no rea
Jesuitical
On Meet the Press this morning Senator Hillary Clinton accused her host Tim Russert of being Jesuitical in his argumentation The Jesuit-educated Russert Canisius High School in Buffalo N Y and John Carroll University in Cleveland was pressing Senator Clinton on her 2002 vote to authori
Welcome, Michael Sean Winters!
As some of you no doubt noticed author and occasional America contributor Michael Sean Winters has joined the ranks of our bloggers Michael has written for The New Republic and Slate and is the author of the forthcoming Left at the Altar How the Democrats Lost the Catholics and How the Catholic
