Reflecting on Blessed John Paul II

My friend Stephen Adly Guirgis s new play The M with the Hat has just received a Tony nomination has been showered with critical praise and an extended run of the play was just announced a sure sign of a hit nbsp My friends Elizabeth Rodriguez and Yul Vazquez were also nominated for Tonys

From Reuters nbsp From Reuters The Vatican issued an instruction to bishops as a follow-up to a 2007 papal decree authorizing the wider adoption of the Latin Mass which was in universal use before the 1962-1965 Vatican Council introduced masses in local languages The re-instatement of the La

This new article in Commonweal is a must-read for all American Catholics interested in their church nbsp Ana Maria Catanzano the chair of the Review Board for Philadelphia nbsp details why despite the work of the nbsp Board the Archdiocese of Philadelphia still found itself with 37 priests in

Attention young adults and friends of young adults who want them to experience God nbsp Hearts on Fire the superb retreat program led by young Jesuits and based on the tenets of Ignatian spirituality has just announced their summer schedule nbsp From June 17 to July 16 they ll be in Was

The quote that jumped off the page for me in this lovely article about two friends who have taught for many decades in Catholic schools was this one comparing their experience to those of some of their public-school colleagues They love what they do and are offended by politicians who call themse

Frank Brennan SJ is one of most well known Australian Catholics nbsp The Australian Jesuit priest and lawyer has been in the forefront of human-rights work and has spent much of his time working on behalf of the Aboriginal peoples in his country nbsp On his Facebook page he has weighed in on t

From the New York Times House Speaker John A Boehner will nominate the Rev Patrick J Conroy a Jesuit priest and former Georgetown University chaplain to become the 60th House chaplain ldquo We are honored that Father Conroy has agreed to serve as House chaplain rdquo Mr Boehner said in a s

In case you ve not been following the dramatic saga of William Morris the Australian bishop of the Diocese of Toowoomba removed by the Vatican after an apostolic visitation led by Archbishop Charles Chaput and brought on by Morris s comments on women s ordination in 2006 here s nbsp one of the