Here was an average man without much prior interest in religious observance, assuming that he could emulate two of the greatest saints in the Christian tradition.

Bishop Leonard Blair of Toledo who conducted the Vatican s doctrinal assessment of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious appeared on NPR s Fresh Air in the second part of the program s look at the LCWR nbsp Here is the full interview with Terry Gross in which Bishop Blair stated his be

One of the great figures in Jesuit history has died nbsp On Sunday Vincent T O rsquo Keefe S J died at age 92 at the Jesuit infirmary at Fordham University in New York nbsp ldquo Vinnie rdquo as he was almost universally known was not only a former president of Fordham 1963-196

I am not a political person nbsp I do not follow say political campaigns or the ins and outs of various pieces of legislation as closely as some of my friends do nbsp But I am a religious person nbsp Many of my political opinions then are formed by my religious ideals for example a com

When I saw this front-page nbsp headline nbsp in The New York Times this morning I groaned at least inwardly In Graying Priesthood New York s Grayest Keeps Faith in Bronx nbsp I expected another mournful article like For New York Archdiocese s One New Priest a Lonely Distinction a well-r

This morning Sister Pat Farrell OSF president of the Leadership Conference for Women Religious appeared on National Public Radio s Fresh Air with Terry Gross nbsp The full audio will be posted later in the day but some excerpts of this wide-ranging interview have already been posted on the

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Poor ldquo Doubting Thomas rdquo nbsp the protagonist with Jesus of course of today s Gospel nbsp St Thomas the Apostle doubts once and gets saddled with that unfortunate moniker for all

Last night on Lawrence O Donnell s MSNBC show The Last Word nbsp we discussed Nuns on the Bus Catholic social teaching and Jesus s invitation to care for the poor in a five-minute interview nbsp That segment can be found here nbsp After nbsp the nbsp show we nbsp continued our conversation

Here is a slideshow of some beautiful photos from the Jesuit Ordination Mass which was celebrated nbsp at Fordham University Chapel last weekend nbsp His Eminence Edward Cardinal Egan ordained three Jesuits in the presence of over 240 concelebrants not to mention the ordinands brother Jesuits

Update I asked Brother DeThomasis through his publishers whether he was worried about the Vatican s response to his book particularly since he is nbsp speaking against the official teaching on women s ordination He replied Of course given the recent punitive actions by some Church prelates