Cambridge MA June 27-30 I was in Orlando Florida for the Seventh International Conference of the World Association of Vedic Studies WAVES This is a meeting of Hindus who meet every second year for a conference that is in part a cultural event in part a confidence-building gathering and in

Sen John McCain has seen his support among Latino voters tank and he needs to do something about it For years the GOP s share of this demographic has been growing and in 2004 George W Bush garnered 44 percent of the Latino vote But recent polls have Obama taking 60 percent of Latinos to McCa

Austen Ivereigh has done a great service by getting beneath the tabloid headlines about gay bishops and same-sex marriage to point out that the underlying difference in the Anglican Communion as found in the recent meeting of dissidents in Jerusalem has to do with the literal interpretation of scr

The Pauline Year a celebration of the life of Saint Paul believed to have been born 2 000 years ago began on the Feast of Sts Peter and Paul June 29 Here is Pope Benedict s reflection on Paul for that feast day in which he reminds us that the question for Christians to ask is not si

The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has responded to the new traditionalist Anglican network set up by bishops meeting last week in Jerusalem at the so-called Global Anglican Future conference or GAFCON He urges the GAFCON bishops to stop and think about what they are doing A

Barack Obama s campaign was trying hard to address to challenges to his candidacy this week Amidst charges that he is less than patriotic Obama gave a major speech in Independence Missouri yesterday And to shore up his credentials on foreign policy the campaign announced that Obama will be m