One person touches another, and the consequences are far-reaching.

Allan Figueroa Deck on ethnic ministry

How will priests fund their retirement?

Can we make sense of suffering?

The French writer Guy Sorman has taught economics served in public office traveled widely and authored numerous books on contemporary affairs But he is first and foremost a devout democrat His firm belief in the universality of democracy shines through in The Empire of Lies a book that challeng

Aviad Kleinberg a professor of history at Tel Aviv University belongs to that not inconsiderable number of contemporary historians who have taken seriously the cult of the saints in the history of Christianity That interest in the saints has been especially energized by Peter Brown rsquo s The Cu

Yesterday rsquo s front page story in the New York Times headlined the abortion issue and its decisive role for many Catholic voters The pages of this blog which is less than a fortnight old have already shown the wide variety of opinions on that issue and I suspect there will be further debate a

John McCain and the Republicans have two problems when they address the meltdown on Wall Street and both of those problems will now be with them through the end of the campaign Fortunately for them the Democrats have an uncanny ability to lose an election that should be a walk in the park The

A correspondent in Zimbabwe a social worker writes A power-sharing deal between the MDC and Zanu PF has been agreed This is not what Zimbabweans voted for but it seems we must make the best of it if we are to save the country from complete ruin The very people who designed and implemented the

Last night on AMC rsquo s hit drama ldquo Mad Men rdquo Father Gill the young Jesuit priest who has parked himself at the local parish returned for what is supposed to be the second part in a three-part story ldquo arc rdquo And you had to feel a little sorry for his parishioners First off