In December Seattle University joined the list of Catholic colleges and universities fighting to prevent their adjunct faculty from forming a union Provost Isiaah sic Crawford addressed a letter to the adjuncts explaining that the university although opposed to their union efforts considered th
As some African nations continue or contemplate a judicial and legislative clampdown on gay and lesbian people the Southern Cross South Africa 39 s Catholic weekly took an editorial stand recently ldquo It would require a very peculiar reading of the Gospel to locate Jesus anywhere else but at
I recently overheard an exchange between my sister and her four-year-old daughter one that apparently takes place frequently ldquo Who rsquo s better than you rdquo my sister asked in her best football coach voice ldquo Nobody rdquo shouted my little niece And I prayed that she will believe
In my quot other life quot as a musician songwriter I 39 ve been fortunate to have some really gratifying experiences sharing stages with personal heroes like Roger McGuinn of The Byrds Shane MacGowan of The Pogues bands like NRBQ and others Strange as it might sound though one of the most me
The Olympic games have begun a welcome diversion from this winter rsquo s extreme cold I rsquo m looking forward to the superb sports exhibitions we rsquo ll see I rsquo m hoping that the U S coverage won rsquo t be too nationalistic that the games won rsquo t be marred by violence and that Ame
Daniel J Harrington S J a Jesuit priest professor of New Testament at Boston College and the Weston Jesuit School of Theology longtime editor of New Testament Abstracts former columnist for quot The Word quot America 39 s Scripture column and one of the world 39 s leading New Testamen