We Americans would be very well served (and it is, of course, a Catholic motif) by some massive injections of Whitman's robust sense of a relational self.

Sexual harassment is an epidemic in the fields of the food we eat. On June 25, PBS and Univision debuted a documentary in the series “Frontline” entitled “Rape in the Fields.” This report exposed the hidden reality of sexual abuse of women who supply American tables with appl

This post is based on a reflection I delivered Friday October 4th 2013 to educators from Jesuit high schools in Arizona and southern California The theme of the talk was quot The Vocation of the Ignatian Educator quot It has been condensed and adapted for publication Though I 39 ve just enter

A new book examines changes in Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Jesuit provincial to pope.

Today Pope Francis celebrated Mass at the Church of the Gesu the Mother Church of the Society of Jesus in Rome at 8 a m nbsp Concelebrating with the Holy Father were the Superior General of the Society of Jesus Adolfo Nicolas SJ Archbishop Luis Ladaria SJ Secretary of the Congregation for t

In the world of “Star Trek,” God remains a lodestar of human striving.

Pope Francis rsquo s first encyclical Lumen Fidei concluded that faith is ultimate grounded in love rsquo s knowledge of God in Christ Faith belongs to the order of interpersonal knowledge because God is personal ldquo It is love rdquo I wrote in my initial commentary ldquo that opens the eye

A vote will be held on the canonization of John XXIII, even in the absence of a miracle.

As I drive home on the 35E from St Paul to my home I am greeted by a huge Billboard from local station My Talk 107 1 which has a picture of Lindsay Lohan and the caption ldquo The Radio Home of Train Wrecks rdquo I ldquo know rdquo Lindsay Lohan in a passing way as I have seen Mean Girls an

We received from the Jesuit Curia today this account of the meeting between Pope Francis and Adolfo Nicol s SJ Superior General of the Society of Jesus which took place yesterday at the Casa Santa Marta nbsp The account was written by Father General himself nbsp We offer it in several langua