We were able to snag a preview copy of the new HBO drama The Special Relationship airing nbsp this Saturday which stars Michael Sheen as again Tony Blair and Dennnis Quaid as Bill Clinton nbsp The show looks at the complicated political and personal relationship between the two with a stand

The producer of a popular TV drama series about a Spanish village priest is seeking a Benedict XVI double nbsp Voz Audiovisual makers of the longrunning Galician series Padre Casares says applicants should have a striking physical resemblance to the Pontiff but don t need previous experience o

Our friends at Catholics United issued a press release yesterday announcing that they had dropped off a petition at the chancery offices of the Archdiocese of Boston The petition reads simply ldquo To His Eminence Cardinal Sean O rsquo Malley We the undersigned believe that every child should

Last week I was diagnosed with pneumonia I had been tired for a few weeks but had not suspected why I had been so lethargic not to mention moribund and feverish I am going to bow out of writing for the Good Word for the summer though not from reading the blog or the Word itself as one means

In the name of the order I acknowledge with shame and guilt our failure Fr Stefan Dartmann SJ the German Jesuit provincial said today I ask for forgiveness His comments came as the Society of Jesus released a report into abuse at its schools over many decades The report which records 205

St Vincent s Hospital has always occupied a special place in the memory of Catholic New Yorkers Full disclosure I like Kevin Clarke was born there Founded by the Sisters of Charity St Vincent s served lower Manhattan and beyond for over 150 years It acted as a trauma center in the afterma

Ten years ago there were a number of injuries amputations and deaths occurring in the New York Subway system when persons displaying severe and untreated mental illness pushed unsuspecting commuters onto the tracks One victim was Kendra--her family organizations for the mentally ill civic group

Eureka Street the Australian Jesuits online magazine has an disturbing article this week about the increase in violence towards women in bordertown Juarez Mexico as an indirect result of the North American Free Trade Agreement nbsp Since the North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA was sig

The President will hold a press conference later today Many of the questions will not doubt focus on the administration rsquo s response to the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico That response has been fitful uncoordinated and unsuccessful so the President deserves to be grilled on what he will be

It has been described as the dark side of the good news said Rochester N Y s Father Kevin McKenna the arterial sclerosis of the mystical body Father McKenna was of course referring to the Canon Law of the Catholic Church a codification of church rules and regs that can be traced

From the Religious Illiteracy Department Last night on his MSNBC television show Keith Olbermann taunted a Republican candidate - I forget where the candidate was from - who claimed he had seen the Ark of the Covenant in Arizona Okay so that is a bit bizarre But then Olbermann made this joke

Grant Gallicho over at Dotcommonweal--in response to Bill Donohue s having apparently convinced himself that the sex abuse crisis is about gay priests--provides a master class in analyzing the John Jay study data Yet Donohue thinks that because 81 percent of the victims were male the real cause wa

One of our favorite new film reviewers is John Anderson who has already appeared several times in our Culture section online and in print and reviews regularly for the New York Times Arts amp Leisure Section and Variety His review of Ridley Scott s new film Robin Hood starring Russell Crowe

The AP reports more troubling news from the Gulf WASHINGTON ndash Staff members at an agency that oversees offshore drilling accepted tickets to sports events lunches and other gifts from oil and gas companies and used government computers to view pornography according to an Interior Department

The last in a series on Huffpo Here s an often misunderstood and misinterpreted statement Many people feel drawn to God in times of suffering During a serious illness a family crisis the loss of a job or the death of a loved one many people will say that they ve turn to God in new ways Athei

Forty days and forty nights is a period of time rich in religious imagery It is also sadly the measure to-date of the ecological disaster occurring off the coast of Louisiana Today I hope the prayers of all Americans are focused on the efforts deep in the Gulf of Mexico to stop the flow of oil

Trinity Sunday gives us a wonderful moment to reflect on how mysterious God is how little we can say no matter how vast our desire It also prompts us to recall that cardinal Bible sin idolatry false claims about God often overbalanced toward certainty and projection i e making God too much l

The following is the text of a letter sent to members of Congress on May 19 from the USCCB on the topic nbsp of the Employment Nondiscrimination Act ENDA and in relation to that same-sex marriage May 19 2010 Dear Member of Congress We write to you regarding the Employment Nondiscrimination

The Legionaries of Christ are of Christ and not of Maciel Fr Jes uacute s Mar iacute a Delgado regional head of the Legionaries of Christ in Spain has told the religious news site Religi oacute n Digital in an upbeat interview We will do whatever the Church tells us he says in reference