First an introduction I am a licensed clinical psychologist and a committed Catholic with a strong interest in the ways in which the Christian faith and psychology intersect As a contributor to In All Things I hope to explore these ideas and respond to readers questions about my field of study n

Tomorrow I vote nbsp And it s not easy I thought it would be made easier by the Citizens UK General Election Assembly on Monday night declaration of interest I helped organize it which was in the words of the Archbishop of Westminster last night the most interesting moment of the election

Today rsquo s first reading details a moment in the early days of the young church in a way both vivid and stylized Those reading the daily lectionary will have an even sharper sense of the unfolding of events from Acts of the Apostles The material is action-packed easy to appreciate Among its f

Last week was I thought President Obama rsquo s best week The proverbial split-screen of television news had him traveling the Midwest visiting factories sleeves rolled up talking up the beginnings of the economic recovery that is restoring consumer confidence and hopefully soon will bring d

A little more than a week after Gov Jan Brewer signed Arizona s controversial new immigration law Cardinal Roger M Mahony spoke on the moral imperative of immigration reform last night at Fordham University The event was sponsored by America and Fordham s Center on Religion and Culture At the

H T to my friend and former colleague Kevin Canfield for calling my attention to today s release of the latest album from the Hold Steady Heaven is Whenever Such an occasion should not go unnoticed so here is the early review from the Washington Post The spirituality inherent in the concert ex

The eight UN Millennial Goals were unveiled with great splash and fanfare in 2000 with 189 UN member states formally endorsing them as a sort of solemn covenant The eight goals encapsulated previously agreed upon targets from a number of special UN sessions on international development With the

This week s cover story looks at Matteo Ricci the Jesuit missionary to China in honor of the 400th anniversary of his death In conjunction with that article we have reprinted Matteo Ricci s Lesson to a Modern Missionary from 1996 Mark White a Jesuit novice at the time reflected on Ricci s l

I raised the issue of institutional change in the Church in a recent post The major problem with respect to change is the tensions it raises at the level of Church teaching - is this an issue where change can be envisioned or is this a part of the sacred deposit of faith a revealed truth a doctri

HIV-positive prisoners in two southern states Alabama and South Carolina face daily stigma and harassment because of their status According to an April joint report by the ACLU and Human Rights Watch titled ldquo Sentenced to Stigma rdquo inmates in HIV units are forced to wear armbands or ot

The New York Times offered some great coverage of the events and emotions surrounding the final days of St Vincent s Hospital which closed for good this past Friday Staff gathered for a Mass and barbeque and offered each other support And while many mourned the loss they also remembered the goo

UPDATED - the original inexplicably dropped the last two graphs of my post My apologies for the computer gnomes One thing I confess I enjoy about some conservative commentators is that they never ever sing out of tune You turn to their analysis and you know what awaits you the tired arguments

The environmental catastrophe in the Gulf following the blow-out and sinking of Deepwater Horizon a BP oil drilling rig off Louisiana has its first representative avian face of disaster Unnamed but tagged number 1 a nbsp northern gannet rescued close to the spot where the Deepwater Horizon impl

While some Catholics may not agree with every point in Nicholas Kristof s latest column in the New York Times it s hard to argue with his words of praise for the many nuns and priests working and living in some of the world s poorest countries These men and women dedicated to humbly serving the p

There was a rare bipartisan vote in the House the other day but in this case the bipartisanship did not do anything to advance the health of our democracy By a vote of 223-169 with neither party leadership taking an official position the House voted to order the people of Puerto Rico to enter i

N. T. Wrights latest book blends biblical competence and pastoral experience.

Our family were great walkers, and so we could be great eaters.

'We are at a crossroads: the way of Maciel or the way of Romero.'

Lay Managers The toolbox approach (“The Pastor’s Toolbox,” by Thomas J. Healey and John Eriksen, 4/12) seems too narrowly focused on the ordained pastor. Increasingly many American parishes are managed day to day by quite capable nonordained laypeople or religious. They need as muc