Nefas literally ldquo unspeakable rdquo is a Latin word for evil It is a heavy word weightier than malum the term for a garden-variety moral wrongdoing It is an offense against the sacred a sacrilege in the sense of a ritual violation but even more in the sense of a violation of the divine

Jonathan Haidt's book The Righteous Mind is addressed to our national discontent.

In coverage of Pope Benedict s Chrism Mass homily on Holy Thursday See below most of the media have focused on his addressing the Austrian Pfarrer Priest movement which has called for priestly disobedience in the name of church reform particularly on issues of ordination nbsp nbsp nbsp nb

On Holy Thursday Christians recall the Last Supper and the institution of the Eucharist It is a day when a story about the Cenacle the Upper Room where Jesus took his last meal with the disciples is a natural choice for news editors The room is on every pilgrim s itinerary but title for the sp

Jesuits are known for their cross-cultural explorations.

Jonathan Haidt rsquo s The Righteous Mind Pantheon is a book addressed to our national discontent A study in moral psychology it aims to explain why Americans are so polarized over politics and religion Haidt rsquo s explanation ldquo the righteous mind rdquo not only the human capacity to

The secular challenge to the New Evangelization

A new volume on religion and foreign affairs

The ecumenism initiated by Vatican II is alive and well in the Eternal City.

Fifty years ago this last Christmas Day (Dec. 25, 1961), with the Apostolic Constitution “Humanae Salutis,” Blessed John XXIII formally convoked the Second Vatican Council in the hope that renewal of the church would give hope to the world. “I know how helpful for the good of souls