Those of us who love Boston those who were born there those who live there and especially those who were in Back Bay yesterday are still taking in the appalling scenes from yesterday rsquo s massacre nbsp Not only on the most enjoyable day of the year in Boston but also in the absolute heart

Today the Vatican rsquo s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a statement about the ongoing oversight and ldquo reform rdquo to use their word of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious the main umbrella organization of women religious in the United States which represents r

A Vatican communique from the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith on the Leadership Conference of Women Religious COMMUNIQUE OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH CONCERNING A MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENCY OF THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE OF WOMEN RELIGIOUS IN THE USA nbsp 15 04 2013To

Big news from the CNS blog nbsp below nbsp by Francis X Rocca on the Pope 39 s announcement of a committee to begin the reform of the Roman Curia and the announcement in L 39 Osservatore Romano nbsp of the move to revise the Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus From CNS The Vatican Secretaria

I 39 ve been surprised lately by some people 39 s lack of faith that any change for the better is possible in the church a stance that seems in contradiction to the Easter message nbsp Here then is the way that Easter would have gone down with that attitude On the evening of that first day of

This blog post on the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic was posted in April of last year Today is the 101th anniversary of the sinking In nbsp April of nbsp 1912 America had just celebrated its third year of publication Today we have reposted the editorial that appeared in our issue of

The editors of Time 39 s new quot bookazine quot on Pope Francis Pope for a New World asked me to contribute an essay called quot Why I Love Being a Priest quot which I was happy to do nbsp The essay was written after Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation but before the conclave ha

Big news Pope Francis in a surprise move has chosen the head of the Franciscans Jose Rodriguez Carballo to help lead the Congregation for Religious Technically he has chosen the OFM 39 s quot Minister General quot to be the quot Secretary quot the all-important Number Two person in the

Here 39 s a nbsp surprise From Vatican Radio quot The archbishop of Havana Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino on Saturday read from a document given him by Pope Francis outlining the speech he gave during the pre-conclave General Congregation meetings of the Cardinals Cardinal Ortega had

Since I 39 ve been getting this question a lot over the last few days here goes And for good measure another photo of two Jesuit brothers A Jesuit is a Jesuit forever from the day he enters the novitiate until his death unless he formally leaves the Society of Jesus or in religious parlanc