As many readers of this blog probably know The Synod on the Word of God begins in October and lasts for most of the month The purpose of the gathering is for the world s bishops to discuss the place of Scripture in the life of the church America s special issue on the synod has just been pub

An increasingly popular approach to teaching young people the faith

The Administrative Committee of the U S Bishops Conference has issued a statement on the recent comments by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senator Joseph Biden regarding the Church s teaching on abortion The statement is balanced but strong as were the previous statements issued joint

There are some extraordinary gatherings organised by Catholic movements that take place each year but which go largely unnoticed by the media One is the annual interfaith gathering organised by the Sant Egidio community in a different city in October each year Another is the so-called Rimini Mee

Sen Joe Biden gave a feisty speech last night And it wasn rsquo t difficult to see from whom he inherited that Irish feistiness His mother was in the hall and looked like she was ready to duke it out with John McCain and anyone else who would attack her son The news anchors all announced in on

Forgiving priests guilty of abuse could be the key to healing.

Ministry beyond liturgy for young adults

For everyone who said What s the big deal when the earlier Vatican document about the Tridentine Mass was promulgated comes a report from Catholic News Service Remember that even if there is and this is debatable not a groundswell of interest on the part of the American Catholic laity

What can Catholics learn from our brothers in the Eastern church?

The members of Order of Malta or at least its American branches concluded their annual one-week pilgrimage to Lourdes yesterday and your intrepid Jesuit reporter was among them As in the past few years I was as a guest of and chaplain for the Federal Association of the Order which makes