The actual title of the article in this morning s Post nbsp by NARAL New York rsquo s vice-president of communications Mary Alice Carr is Why I turned down O rsquo Reilly but the real gist of her screed is different O rsquo Reilly is being incredibly disingenuous when he claims that he bears no

Bustedhalo has just posted a fascinating conversation with Sister Bernadette Reis of the Daughters of St Paul full disclosure a friend and her cousin Paul Mages a gay man living with his partner nbsp Their candid conversation reveals a great deal about the how the church can better respond

The news keeps getting in the way of a blogpost I have been meaning to write in response to my colleague Father Jim Martin rsquo s request for civility in the blogosphere Unfortunately I can rsquo t find his original posting in the archives Father we love you to death but have to give you a n

Cambridge MA Years ago when I was a young professor I was asked by a journal editor if I wished to review a certain scholarly book in my field It was the 1980s and email was not yet common so I duly checked off ldquo yes rdquo on the postcard the editor had sent me and mailed it back to hi

Sometimes you can rsquo t win for losing Or lose for winning The progressive Catholic advocacy group Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good CACG long criticized by conservative Catholics for being insufficiently pro-life is now the object of an attack from its other flank The group Cathol

Everything about the death of George Tiller saddens me including the bloggers and commenters who are angry bitter and vitriolic nbsp still even in the face of death nbsp nbsp So how about some good news nbsp The American Academy of Religion has handed out their annual awards to the incre