What America isn t edgy enough nbsp nbsp Sufficiently far out on nbsp the margins nbsp Pushing the boundaries nbsp Fringe-y enough nbsp Check it out we nbsp sent Jake Martin SJ one of our Culture writers to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for this report on the increasingly popular comed

After many many years of wrangling the story of nbsp which will be familiar to readers of America the new English-language translation of the Roman Missal has finally been approved nbsp This marks the first significant change in the English-language Mass since the Second Vatican Council nbsp

Despite his hectic schedule, Alberto understood the need for the balance between prayer and work, striving to be a "contemplative in action."

A healthy antidote to Scriptural literalism of any sort 

A pastor in Oak Park Ill has apologized to the women and women religious of his parish for the Vatican s insensitive and harsh words nbsp Here is the story from the local newspaper the Journal of Oak Park and River Forest Rev Larry McNally pastor of Ascension Parish in Oak Park couldn t

Since this list is getting some play on the web I figured I would post it here since I wrote it nbsp I had cobbled together this top-ten list for the promotion of The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything and it will appear in the paperback edition some time next year nbsp Let me know if I lef

Taking a break from vacation for this public-service announcement Don t miss this forceful talk by Bishop Arthur Serratelli bishop nbsp of the diocese of Paterson nbsp N J to the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management nbsp at their annual June meeting at the Wharton School in Phil

Jake Martin SJ a Jesuit scholastic and frequent contributor to our pages and our webpages had a horror of what the French call les nbsp cin eacute astes nbsp those nbsp tr egrave s serieux scholars of film who wax poetic about Godard Rohmer Resnais Truffaut et al nbsp But the recently rem

Looking for some good solid basic inviting user-friendly books on the faith nbsp My friend Msgr Peter Vaghi a nbsp fine writer indefatigable priest and pastor of Little Flower Church in Bethesda Md is hard at work on a fine new series of books on our faith that would prove inordinately u

This month on newsstands and in bookstores you ll find a terrific new book which I highly recommend To coincide with the centennial of the birth of Mother Teresa Time has published nbsp Mother Teresa at 100 The Life and Works of a Modern Saint It s a fantastic introduction to her life writte