A few weeks ago Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship said that he saw a certain obstinance my word not his in response to Pope Benedict s motu proprio relaxing restrictions on the Latin Mass called Summorum Pontificum Here s what Archbishop

Cambridge MA Allow me to introduce myself I am a Jesuit of the New York Province which I entered in 1968 at the old St Andrew s Novitiate just north of Poughkeepsie For over two decades I taught in the Theology Department at Boston College a very wonderful educational and theological en

Looking for holiday gift ideas Check out a selection of Christmas reading picks from America s editors now online and free to all Includes new books like Darwin s Angel John Cornwell s critique of Richard Dawkins and old favorites like Death Comes for the Archbishop and Mr Ives Christ

That s what I wanted to know when my publisher used that phrase As it turns out a book trailer is only the latest way of introducing the webby Youtubey crowd to books It s like a trailer or a coming attraction for a new movie only for a new book Like movie trailers they re short

OK so the Catholic Book Club hasn t gone anywhere Every month since 1928 the CBC--as we fondly call it--has been picking the best in Catholic fiction and non-fiction for the benefit of America s readers first via a subscription mail service and now on the Web But we recently unveiled a newl

It is widely assumed in Jesuit circles that when the Jesuit electors meet in Rome for their thirty-fifth general congregation they will issue a document treating globalization and environmental issues The major first focus of GC35 will be of course to elect a new superior general of the Jesuits