Father Richard John Neuhaus has been doing on-air commentary for EWTN during the Pope s visit Yesterday at the papal Mass held in the new Nationals stadium he crossed a line he should not have twice criticizing the liturgy for its multicultural emphasis and questioning whether those who pla

The Pope s visit is stimulating a lot of different reactions on many fronts even if the drama of the sexual abuse issue tends to hog the media s attention Another appreciative response for me is focused on Benedict s active support of the UN and its international work on human rights Ameri

The Pope s itinerary did not include Boston the center of the clerical sex abuse crisis so Boston came to the Pope In a private meeting at the nunciature Pope Benedict XVI met with half a dozen victims of clerical sex abuse prayed with them and Boston Cardinal Sean O Malley OFM Cap gave

Today Pope Benedict met with five or six victims of sexual abuse from the Boston area The emotional meeting took place in the office of the Vatican nuncio to the U S in Washington D C For many Catholics this represents a significant step forward in the healing of the church It is not

The blogosphere erupted before last night s debate on ABC was even over and the eruption began on the pages of ABC s own Web site It was almost one hour before hosts Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos got around to asking a question about a real issue instead focusing on Rev Wright B

As a product of Jesuit education who has dedicated his professional life to working in an international humanitarian agency of the Church I ve taken particular inspiration from Pope Benedict XVI s encyclicals I was particularly struck by how the Holy Father described charitable works as bein

The late Thomas Clarke SJ once suggested to me that one of the most important questions we should ask in our quest for understanding is What time is it I ve been thinking about Tom s comment as Pope Benedict XVI begins his first visit as pontiff to the United States and remembering the fir

I told you so but I did Back in the third week of January http americamagazine org blog entry cfm blog id 2 id 9D26AE9A-3048-887F-8F45813D8C1D5293 I urged Barack Obama to introduce a family friendly approach to immigration reform This would perfectly illustrate the kind of transformative lea

Pope Benedict has arrived here in the Imperial City of Washington and all manner of road closings and television specials have been announced But the quietest notice came at the gym this morning I work out at the Catholic University gym and there were no pick-up games of basketball The main gy

Were not our hearts burning within us while he spoke to us on the way and opened the scriptures to us The disciples hearts were on fire during this sacred conversation And that fire was so hot that it indelibly seared their souls with the intimate knowledge peace and love of the resurre