Who speaks for the church came up both as an action item for the fall general assembly of the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops and in Cardinal Francis George rsquo s final address as U S C C B president The bishops will be deciding tomorrow on a proposal to reassess levels of authority of churc

Just posted to our site a memo to the bishops from Vincent Miller of the University of Dayton As the bishops meet in Baltimore this week the political climate and economic crisis demand they consider the effectiveness of their teaching the full range of Catholic social doctrine Every Catholic an

Several months ago I mentioned a book by philosopher Mortimer J Adler The Difference of Man and the Difference It Makes and noted that we d be having an online discussion here in the fall The reprinted edition of this book is offered by Fordham University Press and most if not all of the book

A Jesuit friend likes to say Cheap is good free is better nbsp In that spirit nbsp here is nbsp a free nbsp Reading and Discussion Guide for The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything which has just been posted online and can be downloaded and printed out nbsp This version will be in the pap

nbsp Thomas J Reese S J senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University and nbsp former editor in chief of America and author of Inside the Vatican nbsp sent us along this helpful primer--designed nbsp for the media but informative for everyone--for the upcoming co

Karen Smith our indefatigable editorial director is also a painter nbsp who has written several sensitive art reviews for our Culture section including this week s review of Fernando Botero s searing Abu Ghraib series nbsp In our online Culture section this week she turns her attention to a