The key to changing minds and converting hearts is better access to information right nbsp Wouldn t everyone think just like me us if they weren t just so ignorant of the relevant data This interesting essay by Joe Keohane in the Boston Globe from July 11 suggests that the reverse is often the c

Phoenix AZ-- ldquo The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few rdquo the Lord tells us in the Gospel last Sunday ldquo so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest Luke 10 2 rdquo It rsquo s an observation that takes on a curious double meaning in Arizona the

Former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin recently appeared on FOX News with Bill O rsquo Reilly to discuss immigration in the United States O rsquo Reilly posed this question If Palin were president could she solve the immigration problem O rsquo Reilly then goes on to ldquo interview rdquo Palin

We are very pleased to feature Fr Virgilio Elizondo on this week s podcast A professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame who still does pastoral work in his home diocese of San Antonio Fr Elizondo has just published his selected spiritual writings with Orbis Books On the podcast he d

Pretty busy news day Some of the stories we are following The Justice Department has finally weighed in on Arizona s controversial get tough on illegal immigration law filing a lawsuit to overturn SB 1070 It also asked the federal courts to grant an injunction to stop enforcement of the measure

With the confirmation hearings for Elena Kagan underway Noah Feldman rsquo s op-ed in the New York Times last week looks at the expected makeup of the next Court comprised of six Catholics and three Jews He meditates on the idea that there will be no Protestants on the nation rsquo s highest benc

I confess I do not remember too many Latin phrases from high school but I remember Ave atque Vale ndash Hail and Farewell This is my last blog posting at America as Father Martin pointed out yesterday Starting tomorrow I will have my own blog DC Distinctively Catholic at the National Catholi

A conscience may be certain, but that does not mean it is correct.