Sometimes I m benumbed by many requests from charities that fill the snail mail or electronic mailboxes Still other times I m on the other side trying to publicize a good cause so that some will be encouraged to help out in some manner I suspect many readers of America have found themselves in si

Reuters FaithWorld blog has accounts by two Church of England priests who became Catholics in the early 1990s one of whom reverted after realising the depth of pain and controversy his move caused among those he loved The other seems very happy and only misses congregational singing and old churc

The timing of the conversation surrounding the Holy Father s comments on the prevention of HIV AIDS was not only important but as it turned out very timely Dec 1 is World AIDS Day nbsp Another contribution to the discussion is a superb new nbsp film called Into the Light about an Ta

On Saturday the atheist polemicist Christopher Hitchens went up against former British prime minister Tony Blair in a debate in Toronto on the topic Religion is a force for good in the world Hitchens his head shaved from cancer treatment was in cracking form outrageous witty and clever Bla

David Gibson exegetes the Holy Father s recent comments on the use of condoms to prevent the transmission of HIV AIDS in the light of the Catholic moral theology specifically the concepts of the lesser of two evils and double effect When Pope Benedict XVI said last week that using condoms cou

The Church of England s parliament has overwhelmingly approved the Covenant which the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams hopes will prevent the worldwide 70m-strong Anglican Communion from falling apart see my earlier post The three houses which make up the General Synod -- nbsp bishops