Cell phones texts Tweets emails uploaded photos and videos Skype Facebook pages and blogs Communication technology doesn rsquo t only permeate modern life its melds with our humanity itself A young person today might not emerge from the womb with a smart phone but there aren rsquo t many

In the epilogue of his latest book, "The Pope's Last Crusade: How an American Jesuit Helped Pope Pius XI's Campaign to Stop Hitler," Peter Eisner offers an interesting insight on the men who held the seat of Peter during the 20th century.

Orvieto is an hour rsquo s train ride north of Rome about half-way to Florence Once you arrive at the Stazione Termine you rsquo ll need to take a funicular up to the city which sits on a high fortified butte overlooking the Umbrian plain It rsquo s worth the trip Life on earth doesn rsquo t

In a child rsquo s mind adults have all the freedom They do what they want when they want Adults might counter that a child can rsquo t even comprehend the cares and concerns of adulthood but the kids are right about the freedom Typical of the time my childhood was highly regimented Our fathe

How might Jesuit spirituality influence, and how has it already influenced, our new pope?

Why are gays and lesbians more quickly suspected of sinful behavior?