In this guest blog post David J O rsquo Brien responds to ldquo Murray rsquo s Mistake rdquo by Michael Baxter 9 24 Professor O rsquo Brien taught American Catholic history for nearly 40 years at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester Mass and most recently served as a visiting distin

Refugees are the ldquo first victims rdquo of the ongoing conflict in Syria and ldquo the ones paying the highest price rdquo said Archbishop Francis A Chullikatt at The Humanitarian Response to the Middle East Refugee Crisis a side event to the 2013 High-Level Dialogue held on Oct 4 Chulli

The fiscal hostage crisis in Washington enters its second week as Speaker Boehner insists he will continue government shutdown unless he receives concessions on the Affordable Care Act which is having gridlock troubles of its own unrelated to political snarls Ailing U S cities seek reboot powered

Seattle Washington mdash I am here at Seattle University doing some workshops for the School of Theology and Ministry on interreligious learning mdash this school is a leader in the new wave of interfaith ministerial training mdash and so I have fallen behind a bit on the news But a friend

Nearly 70 percent of American Catholics agree with Pope Francis 39 recent observation that the church has become too focused on issues such as homosexuality abortion and contraceptives That 39 s the finding of a Quinnipiac University national poll released this morning The survey found little

The special Council of Cardinals begins meeting this week in Rome After another bombing Peshawar Christians caught in the middle Pope Francis at Assisi we must never resign ourselves to the pain caused by war Confustion over Obamacare but support for expanded Medicaid As the shutdown nears the fi