Stephen Hawking s recent comment that the universe does not need a creator God--because it can spontaneously create itself--has prompted lively debate on the web and also this intelligent response from nbsp Robert Spitzer S J nbsp nbsp Fr Spitzer a Jesuit priest and the former president of Go

Here s the trailer for the new movie There Be Dragons about the life of St Josemaria Escriva founder of Opus Dei It s directed by Roland Joffe who also directed The Mission Looks pretty good--though were there really so many drums in Josemaria s life The website for the film is here

Here s something you don t see every day nbsp The story of St Ignatius Loyola as told by a talking Spanish olive nbsp And--guess what --it s actually quite accurate nbsp High marks to the stuffed Spanish olive which has apparently been poring over The First Jesuits nbsp This nbsp fun video

Given the number of hits on my piece on Glenn Beck and liberation theology and the number of comments some of them remarkably strong I thought I would offer a little quiz based on a quote just sent by a friend nbsp Who said the following to the Brazilian bishops in 1986 nbsp W e are convi

And you thought your life was full of surprises nbsp This story from Loyola Press s blog People for Others nbsp tales the cake

On Sunday after his colossal ldquo Restoring Honor rdquo rally in Washington D C Glenn Beck took aim at one of his favorite targets Barack Obama but in a novel way nbsp Beck regrets saying a few months ago that President Obama was a ldquo racist rdquo nbsp What he should have said inst

Know any skittish soon-to-be college freshman nbsp Are you one nbsp If so check out Bustedhalo s popular Freshman Survival Guide Next March their helpful hints for nbsp confronting the physical emotional and spiritual challenges and graces nbsp of nbsp college life will be published in bo

Very strong words from a leading English Jesuit on the process that led to the new Mass translations which were approved this week nbsp Philip Endean nbsp a former editor of nbsp The Way who now teaches at Oxford nbsp critiques the complicated wrangling over the translations in a hard-hitting

I m a big fan of Richard Rohr OFM especially his book Everything Belongs a big fan of what has come to be known as male spirituality yes I know it s a loaded term but nbsp that area of spirituality nbsp raises important questions for a sex that more than occasionally seems to think that goin

Tomorrow is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta nbsp Her ministry to the poor was well known during her life nbsp Her ministry to the doubtful the confused the seeker the one in darkness the one who feels distant from God began after her death with the publicat