New Wineskins Thank you for “Exceptional Pastoring,” by Mary M. Foley (3/9). My parish priest is running three parishes spread over two towns, the parish priest next door is running two other parishes in two other towns—and so it goes. Here in England, we have far fewer priests tha

Massimo Franco a distinguished columnist for the Corriere della Sera of Milan presents an interesting thesis in this book which he states in the introduction ldquo In probing the relationship between these two extremities of Western civilization mdash the United States at one end and the papacy

Where science and spirituality meet

T C Boyle rsquo s big brilliant novel The Women tells the story of a larger-than-life man rsquo s larger-than-life loves This account of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright rsquo s relationships with the women who devoted themselves to him in the course of his long life is the second novel in two y

Africans preparing for the October 2009 Special Assembly are emphasizing the need to find ways to address poverty, justice and reconciliation.

Bishops in Central America have criticized mining operations for their environmental and social damage.

Community leaders urged President Barack Obama to help end the destructive trade in illegal drugs and more than 40 years of civil war.

In his homily at yesterday rsquo s stadium mass in Yaound egrave Cameroon Pope Benedict XVI poignantly achieved something I have often struggled to do in undergraduate courses I teach on Catholic social thought or religion and politics he also accomplished something the American media seems to s

Playa del Rey trying to make it back to the glory days This story in today s Los Angeles Times is an interesting look at the neighborhood in Los Angeles which was developed in large part by Fritz B Burns about whom prepare for unfortunate self-promotion I wrote a book before I entered the Soc

The Obama Administration appears a bit schizophrenic these days In California the President sounded like the pitch perfect voice of populist anger at the AIG bonuses and using ndash finally ndash a key word in diagnosing our economic ills culture But Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner