Can we please put an end to stereotyping celibate men and women nbsp Can we stop lumping them all together as hateful and mean-spirited nbsp Can we stop assuming that nbsp they nbsp are all the same nbsp No apparently we cannot nbsp Here is James Carroll a former priest and the author of C

The fourth in a series on Huffington Post Atheists and non-believers probably won t believe this or me but I believe our desire for God comes from God and is one key way that God calls to us Even if you say that these desires are merely biological or psychological phenomena I would say that G

Just posted in our online Culture section a review of the new series Justified by Carolyn Buscarino I ve not seen it but this review makes me want to do so Use it or drop it rdquo U S Deputy Marshal Raylan Givens calmly warns a jumpy criminal as they face off guns drawn on a deserted road

No I m not making this up nbsp Coming to a theater near you is The Jesuit starring Paz Vega pictured here Variety sez nbsp Paz Vega is set to star in Paul Schrader s ensemble drama The Jesuit while Willem Dafoe Oscar Isaac and Michelle Rodriguez are in final talks Film Bridge Intl i

At first blush this may sound like inside-baseball but it s an appointment of significance for the U S church From Boston College Chestnut Hill Mass 5-13-10 -- Boston College has announced the appointment of Mark S Massa S J the Karl Rahner Professor of Theology and the director of the

Another great reporting job nbsp from NCR this time on a worldwide meeting of women religious a nice antidote to all the Iceland-volcano-like gloom in the church today nbsp Some saw it as a spark in a dark night kindled to flame and eventually into a torch bright enough to guide spirits forwar

Yesterday Pope Benedict XVI nbsp called sexual abuse ldquo truly terrifying rdquo nbsp nbsp In his frank comments to reporters aboard the plane en route to Portugal he seemed to rebut curial officials who have sought to portray the crisis as somehow generated from the outside nbsp The greate

Honest talk from the archbishop of Dublin on sex abuse Why am I discouraged nbsp The most obvious reason is the drip-by-drip never-ending revelation about child sexual abuse and the disastrous way it was handled nbsp nbsp There are still strong forces which would prefer that the truth did not

Wait you nbsp didn t see Betty White the 88-year-old actress and comedian nbsp hosting Saturday Night Live nbsp Then pray get thee to Hulu nbsp Or rather just check out her SNL monologue above nbsp Fast forward through the Lawrence Welk spot to 5 00 on this clip nbsp Doubtless

The third in a series Ever said to yourself I would believe in God if only I had some distinct experience of God In my last two posts I spoke not only of our innate desire for the divine as a call from God but also of some specific ways through which we can become aware of those God-given