Here is Archbishop Rowan Williams in an extensive statement on religious freedom biblical literalism zealotry ordaining gays and lesbians and women the Christian concept of freedom and social rights as well as on nbsp divisions within the Anglican Communion nbsp This is from his presidentia

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I caught just the tail end of this much-talked-about ad last night on the Superbowl nbsp It s simple and effective nbsp And I wonder How could anyone object to this nbsp Actually I would have preferred for it to have been even stronger on the pro-life message but maybe understatemen

Francis Cardinal George archbishop of Chicago and president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops nbsp has denounced nbsp New Ways Ministry a national nbsp organization based in Mt Rainier Maryland which reaches out to gay and lesbian Catholics nbsp runs nbsp conferences on issues concerni

The lesser of two evils is nbsp an important concept nbsp from the Catholic moral tradition that is being applied in a new way in the diocese of Albany as RNS s Daniel Burke reports in this story of its needle-exchange program nbsp In the past few decades nbsp a few theologians nbsp have argue

On Feb 2 Pope Benedict XVI nbsp in his nbsp homily marking this year s nbsp World Day for Consecrated Life nbsp praised the commitment of men and women in religious orders nbsp nbsp Each one of you said the Holy Father referring to men and women religious has approached nbsp Christ as

Every year a good friend calls me one morning in early February to quiz me on the Oscar nominees nbsp The game is that I m not supposed to listen to any news broadcasts or read any papers or now surf the web nbsp nbsp Some years I m batting 1000 or at least 900 other years not so much nbsp

A nbsp contact at the White House sent us these remarks and since I m not sure if they are on the web yet I ll post them in full nbsp Heads of state cabinet members Members of Congress religious leaders distinguished guests ndash it rsquo s good to see you Let me begin by acknowledging th

As part of our promise to nbsp furnish ample coverage of films nbsp in our online Culture section here is a new review of the blockbuster Avatar from a slightly different perspective nbsp Michael V Tueth S J of the Fordham University s Communication and Media Studies department admits he i

David Gibson over at Politics Daily has a great piece on the uproar over the newly announced Mother Teresa stamp nbsp Seems that some are objecting to her smiling visage gracing our letters and postcards nbsp And they re objecting for good reason nbsp The U S Postal Service s list of requ