The Republican presidential race turns to Florida s winner-take-all primary one week from today For at least one presidential candidate Florida will be the end of the road the setting of the sun on his presidential ambitions The most likely loser will be Rudy Giuliani He has been out of the

Barack Obama has a problem He has based his campaign on moving past the stale arguments of the past 20 years when the Bush Clinton families have taken turns in the White House America s late Roman empire problem But last week the campaign harkened back to an even earlier time the iden

Above Father Kolvenbach defers to Father General in the Jesuit Curia dining room Photo Don Doll S J Yesterday the Catholic world was introduced to the new Jesuit Superior General through a variety of resources conversations with Jesuits who have known him he has been described to me as

Greetings from Reno Nevada where I gave two talks today at the Annual Diocesan Conference actually its 25th anniversary with the theme of Integrity Rooted in the Soul It is a beautiful cross-section of the Church as it lives on the ground and I am surprised by how midwestern in their ni

AMDG Father Adolfo Nicolas of Spain has been elected today as the 30th Superior General of the Society of Jesus by the Delegates of the 35th General Congregation and his election has been confirmed by Pope Benedict XVI Here is some biographical information about Father General from the

An informal survey of my black friends tells me they think that the interjection of the race issue into the 2008 primaries by Hillary Clinton and her surrogates was a calculated effort to paint Barack Obama as the black candidate when in fact his campaign is premised on a biography that transce