Every morning I go to the Vatican website to consult the daily Bollettino where they post important announcements such as the Rinunce e Nominee and Le Udienze This morning rsquo s had this notice under the latter category Il Santo Padre riceve questo pomeriggio in Udienza nbsp S E il Signo

I understood it tonight -- not the papal encyclical I ll come to that but the business of putting people on the fourth plinth in London s Trafalgar Square real people standing or sitting or knitting or whatever for an hour at a time 24 hours a day over the next couple of months It s call

If you are looking for a book that trashes and thrashes the United States you will not find it here Instead Godfrey Hodgson provides readers with a grand tour through American history that offers a friendly but stern hand to explain our sense of exceptionalism in the world an especially pertinen

This past weekend rsquo s 64th annual convention of the Catholic Theological Society of America in Halifax Nova Scotia took a turn toward the introspective The theme of this year rsquo s convention ldquo Impasse hellip and Beyond rdquo invited this somewhat unusual and unexpected drift The c

While it may be some time before a comprehensive reform bill is ready to advance, several individual bills already have been introduced in Congress.

Several rulings and policy announcements are effectively rolling back immigration policies initiated by the George W. Bush administration.

Where do we go from here As the political leaders of our nation begin to debate such morally significant issues as universal health care conscience regulations and immigration reform how does the Catholic Church ndash its hierarchy and its laity ndash go forward after the spectacle at Notre D

'In some ways the United States still doesn't get religion.'

The many journeys of Mary of Nazareth

In All Things has received a copy of a letter sent by Father John Jenkins C S C the President of Notre Dame to this year s graduating class It speaks for itself May 11 2009 Dear Members of the Notre Dame Graduating Class of 2009 This Sunday as you receive your degrees at Commencement your