No surprise dept Mohammed Morsi 39 s trial is a bit of a mess Pope Francis celebrated All Saints with a prayer for migrants who have died in attempted crossings to a better life Cutting food stamps is no way to balance the budget says Bread for the World 39 s David Beckmann In Iran Christians t

Cape Cod MA Some readers may have noticed in the October 30 New York Times the article by Tamar Lewin on the decline of the Humanities as a field of study at colleges and universities even large private universities such as Stanford and Princeton As she notes ldquo The future of the humanities

From John Carr at 'In All Things': Sargent Shriver was 'a good man' and a great model for the rest of us.

Eighty-seven migrants have died after attempting to cross the Sahara with the ultimate goal of escapign to Europe Pope Francis is the 4th nbsp lsquo most powerful rsquo person in the world according to Forbes which ranks Pope Francis immediately after the Presidents of Russia the USA and China

A little about the Vatican 39 s surprising plan to poll Catholics about important issues in preparation for the Synod of Bishops next October just reported in NCR nbsp First off this is indeed new While in the past bishops were encouraged to promote discussion in their dioceses in preparation f

ldquo Everybody does it rdquo is never a strong argument whether the statement applies to evading taxes cheating on school exams stealing office supplies or eavesdropping on neighbors For one thing it rsquo s untrue Everybody does not do it For another it rsquo s irrelevant But that is the