nbsp Society of Jesus Statement on the 40th Anniversary of Roe v Wade 22 January 2013On this 40th anniversary of Roe v Wade the Society of Jesus in the United States the Jesuits the largest religious community of priests and brothers in the Roman Catholic Church vigorously affirms our opposi

nbsp An Irish priest Tony Flannery CSsR has announced that he plans to defy the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith 39 s silencing of him An article from today 39 s New York Times appears accurate but since there will probably be a great deal of discussion about this topic and since t

nbsp Here is some great news After almost a year of planning and preparation America Press has released today a brand-new Kindle edition of the classic memoir With God in Russia by Servant of God Walter Ciszek SJ whose cause for canonization has just been announced America Press was the orig

nbsp I have some very complicated feelings about Lance Armstrong 39 s upcoming confession and I presume apology on Oprah Winfrey 39 s show As a Jesuit a priest a Catholic and a Christian I believe that everyone deserves the opportunity for forgiveness nbsp Our faith is founded on a forgivi

nbsp Here is one of those strange confluences in the spiritual life nbsp Last night I read that Jeanne Manford the founder of PFLAG Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays died at the age of 92 In 1972 after her son was beaten at a gay demonstration and the police failed to intervene she

nbsp We asked Daniel P Horan OFM a Franciscan author to respond to Joan Acocella 39 s long and substantive article in this week 39 s New Yorker on St Francis of Assisi nbsp Ms Acocella a superb writer looked at several books on Il Poverello and offered a reflection on his life nbsp Fa

Here is an important article on the value of Catholic education in the United States written by two people who know what they rsquo re talking about nbsp Today 39 s New York Times includes an op-ed entitled ldquo Catholic Education In Need of Salvation rdquo written by Patrick J McCloskey

nbsp Two of my favorite spiritual memoirs are the magnificent works The Sacred Journey and Telling Secrets by Frederick Buechner an ordained Presbyterian minister who since 1967 has lived in and written from Vermont nbsp Buechner 39 s prose is supple his mind fertile and his way of looking a

Okay we all like making lists of New Year rsquo s Resolutions nbsp And most of the time--well much of the time--we have a really hard time keeping them because they rsquo re so difficult nbsp Lose 20 pounds nbsp nbsp Read a new book a month nbsp Never get drunk again nbsp Avoid all soda

nbsp The Smart Samaritan1 Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus nbsp ldquo Teacher rdquo he said ldquo what must I do to inherit eternal life rdquo nbsp 2 Jesus said to him ldquo What is written in the Law What do you read there rdquo nbsp He answered ldquo You shall love the L