Loyola Productions has just completed a new DVD called Who Cares about the Saints which is designed to introduce the stories of some of the most popular of the church s saints to a new generation With some of my own commentary coupled with terrific footage photos images and graphics the D

Last week after a long battle with cancer Professor Michael Signer of the University of Notre Dame passed on With him died a very special sensibility In Jewish-Catholic relations Michael was a catalyst drawing the best from both sides For nearly 20 years I have participated in the national Cat

Both Archbishop Jean Jadot and Cardinal Pio Laghi died this month Jadot served as an apostolic delegate to the United States under Paul VI and Laghi was nuncio under John Paul II In 1990 Father Tom Reese offered this helpful comparison of the two men and the legacy of the bishops that were appoi

With a flurry of executive orders and his personal attendance at the swearing in of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Barack Obama has alerted the nation and the world that his foreign policy will be vastly different from George W Bush rsquo s On Tuesday as Obama took the oath of office you co

Just a note to let people in the New York area know of a very good conference day we have coming up at Fordham titled Ministry to American Catholics and sponsored by the Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education It will take place on Friday 6 February In the morning our discussion

In God We Trust may be the national motto but it hardly clarifies anything The more interesting question is In Which God Do We Trust and the inaugural festivities rendered a mixed verdict When Bishop Gene Robinson told the New York Times that he was horrified that earlier inaugural prayers