The church has approved as worthy of belief for the first time a Marian apparition in the United States after a two-year investigation by the local bishop nbsp Bishop David L Ricken of Green Bay has approved the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary as seen by Adele Brise in Champion Wis

Horror movie camp classic wannabe nbsp or balletomane s dream nbsp Check out Tim Reidy s entirely enjoyable review of Darren Aronofsky s provocative and somewhat controversial new film Black Swan for some answers nbsp Is ldquo Black Swan rdquo a ballet film Though dancers occupy almost eve

John Allen s has a lengthy revealing and surprising nbsp interview with Archbishop Joseph Tobin Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life the Vatican office running the apostolic visitation of nbsp women s religious communities in the Unite

On the Feast of the Immaculate Conception we have a new video nbsp meditation on the readings for the day nbsp on our homepage and here as well on our Youtube channel nbsp Thanks to Kerry Weber for producing such a beautiful video nbsp The Anchoress aka Elizabeth Scalia also has a lovely m

Will this put an end to those who say that the pope a doesn t know what he s talking about when he s talking about condoms and AIDS b should be ignored when he talks about condoms and AIDS c couldn t possibly mean what he meant when he was talking about condoms and AIDS or d is in no way

Dotcommonweal has the surprising story about the vice-chancellor of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and his response to the sex abuse crisis Last week Fr James Connell vice chancellor of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee stood on the steps of the Cathedral of St John the Baptist and called on his bis

Who better than Eamon Duffy to review John Cornwell s new book on Blessed John Henry Newman Newman s Unquiet Grave nbsp The title refers to the beatified cardinal s exhumation from the grave that he shared with Fr Ambrose St John nbsp No one can beat Duffy for clarity of writing about the E

Here s a film I m dying to see The King s Speech nbsp For I m a fan of nbsp all of the lead actors--Colin Firth Geoffrey Rush Helena Bonham Carter Michael Gambon Derek Jacobi as well as of the director Tom Hooper who helmed HBO s John Adams nbsp Our film reviewer Harry Forbes found it

Today is the 30th anniversary of the martyrdom of four American churchwomen who worked among the poor in El Salvador Maura Clarke and nbsp Ita Ford nbsp two Maryknoll Sisters Dorothy Kazel an Ursuline Sister nbsp and Jean Donovan nbsp a Maryknoll Lay Missioner nbsp The story of their

Advent is here nbsp Yes hard to believe I know nbsp Sometimes it seems that every year we nbsp skip Ordinary Time altogether and go nbsp directly from Lent to Advent nbsp nbsp Ou sont les dimanches d rsquo antan nbsp Before every Advent I tell myself that this year will be different nbs