Two events out of the Spring meeting of the German Bishops Conference in the western town of Trier are worth noting today A diaconate for women was proposed by Cardinal Walter Kasper during a study day on Feb 21 discussing how to involve more women in church life today Kasper spoke of a ldquo dea

This just in from the Pew Forum on Religion amp Public Life Washington D C ndash As the pontificate of Benedict XVI winds down many American Catholics express a desire for change according to a new survey report by the Pew Research Center For example most Catholics say it would be good if t

A modest proposal from James Martin, S.J.

nbsp By now you may have seen our recent editorial which calls for the repeal of the Second Amendment nbsp It seems the Huffington Post noticed it too Reporter Meredith Bennett-Smith spoke with our editor in chief Matt Malone S J about the magazine 39 s motivations and the editorial proces

nbsp Pope Benedict XVI rsquo s announcement on Feb 11 that he will ldquo renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome rdquo stunned the church and set the media scrambling America was no exception we were equally surprised and just as frenzied In the 48 hours after the news broke our editors gave

nbsp The shock of the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI continues to reverberate through the church Reactions to his resignation understandably focus on his declining health and praise the Holy Father rsquo s humility for being able to acknowledge that he is no longer physically up to the task Alt