Secret Access The Vatican has a nbsp breathless title and that voice-over on the promo is a hoot but the show has some great behind-the-scenes um scenes and looks like a good catch tonight nbsp David Gibson our sometime contributor Dotcommonweal blogger he describes his involvement with

Charles Camosy assistant professor of Christian ethics at Fordham University writes us this morning with news of an impressive nbsp new nbsp website called Catholic Moral Theology nbsp Camosy explains nbsp This website will have 15 of the best young Roman Catholic moral theologians in North A

It s easy to despair over the recent events in nbsp our church nbsp I ve been thinking all weekend about the 166 million settlement by the Oregon Province Jesuits and the news from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia nbsp Both places are dear to me the Oregon Province because nbsp these are fellow

The New York Times brings to light several terrible stories nbsp about the church nbsp this morning including the news of the record 166 million nbsp settlement by the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus which has declared bankruptcy nbsp As well nbsp Laurie Goodstein s nbsp article on the

I do especially on the Feast of the Annunciation nbsp From the DVD Who Cares about the Saints from Loyola Productions Who Cares About the Saints - Mary from Loyola Productions on Vimeo

What insights from today s Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord can help you in your daily spiritual life nbsp Find out nbsp

According to news reports at the funeral of Elizabeth Taylor yesterday nbsp the actor Colin Farrell read from nbsp the Gerard Manley Hopkins poem The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo which includes the lines Give beauty back beauty beauty beauty back to God beauty s self and beauty s giv

Just released from the USCCB President of USCCB Reiterates Bishops rsquo Resolve to Deal Firmly with Clerics Who Abuse Children Clerics who sexually abuse minors are forbidden from ministryBacks April Child Abuse Prevention Month for protection of childrenImplementation of nbsp Charter nbsp to pro

Don t miss Jake Martin s inspired take on the serendipitious or is it planned nbsp trio of complicated lead characters in in Showtime s hit dramas Weeds Nurse Jackie and The United States of Tara who as nbsp Martin says nbsp are filled with good intentions but make bad choices nbsp nb

A great Jesuit spiritual master died yesterday morning nbsp Fr David L Fleming S J was the longtime editor of the journal ldquo Review for Religious rdquo the author of a contemporary translation of St Ignatius rsquo s Spiritual Exercises called Draw Me Into Your Friendship nbsp of ines