I was musing about the day now almost five years ago the War in Iraq began I had already determined that it was not--as a pre-emptive war and a war where the inspection of the UN inspectors was not uncovering any evidence of weapons of mass destruction--a just war No war which ended up being cal

Many Democrats are worried that if Hillary Clinton wins both Ohio and Texas tonight the race for the nomination could go on all the way until the final caucuses in Puerto Rico on June 7 where the last of the 67 pledged delegates will be awarded Well I just got back from a week in Puerto Rico an

A common trope of professorial reportage is the moment of illumination about the shape of undergraduate life today the classroom surprise that at best can become a theophany for future teaching I had such an experience last week in my introductory course on Christianity While reaching for exa

Here are the things I m reminded of every year at the LA Religious Education Congress--which ended today with a lively Mass celebrated by Roger Cardinal Mahony--and which I sometimes forget during the rest of the year First The Catholic church is alive because the People of God are alive with

If you haven t seen it already here s Fr Jim Martin s oped in today s New York Times praising the Vatican s recent directive calling for greater rigor in its own saint-making process Among Fr Jim s recommendations for a further tightening up of the process Officials could re

Cambridge MA Cycle A in the Sunday Lectionary brings us some wonderful Lenten Gospels In addition to the temptations of Jesus in the desert and the Transfiguration we are given several of the great scenes from the Gospel of John Jesus meeting the Samaritan woman at the well the healing of the