It is widely assumed in Jesuit circles that when the Jesuit electors meet in Rome for their thirty-fifth general congregation they will issue a document treating globalization and environmental issues The major first focus of GC35 will be of course to elect a new superior general of the Jesuits

The case for the legalization of selection conscientious objection.

Looking for alternative models of catechesis.

Are significant changes in the synod process likely?

With its vividly re-enacted scenes of torture, book burning and violence, the PBS series “Secret Files of the Inquisition” made clear that stereotypical views of the Inquisition are not going away anytime soon. It also ensured that a negative interpretation of this Catholic history will

No Simple Answers The editorial Amnesty and Abortion (10/29) raises difficult questions. I agree that we should continue to reach out to those with whom we disagree. But I think it is incorrect to say that Amnesty Inter-national adopts a utilitarian calculus. It is a murky world in which we work, a

An analysis of the encyclical 'Spe Salvi'

Feminists were made happy on reading two headlines in last Tuesday s New York Times One headline reads Girls Make History by Sweeping Top Honors at a Science Contest The other reports In Iran Group of Mothers Criticizes Nuclear Policy Concerned Iranian women calling themselves M

No News... When Pope Benedict allowed wider use of the Latin Mass last July, he explained that he did not expect as a result any extensive return to the Tridentine rite. Rather, he said, he intended to heal rifts with traditionalist groups and allow young people attracted to the rite to experience i

In an ideal world, a presidential election campaign would be a time to consider competing visions of the most important challenges that now confront the United States. How to respond to the continuing threat of international terrorism assuredly is one of those challenges. Unfortunately our present p