nbsp In an article entitled ldquo Dear Editor rdquo in a prominent Catholic magazine a 40-year-old diocesan priest Patrick Sanford writes on what he considers the five major problems among the priests he knows Sanford has just had a long talk with his editor friend prompted by the departure

nbsp The Oscar nominees were announced this morning and America has reviewed several of the Best Picture contenders quot Amour quot reviewed by John Anderson quot Life of Pi quot reviewed by Karen Sue Smith quot Lincoln quot reviewed by John Anderson quot Beasts of the Southern Wild quot

nbsp Here is one of those strange confluences in the spiritual life nbsp Last night I read that Jeanne Manford the founder of PFLAG Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays died at the age of 92 In 1972 after her son was beaten at a gay demonstration and the police failed to intervene she

nbsp We asked Daniel P Horan OFM a Franciscan author to respond to Joan Acocella 39 s long and substantive article in this week 39 s New Yorker on St Francis of Assisi nbsp Ms Acocella a superb writer looked at several books on Il Poverello and offered a reflection on his life nbsp Fa

Here is an important article on the value of Catholic education in the United States written by two people who know what they rsquo re talking about nbsp Today 39 s New York Times includes an op-ed entitled ldquo Catholic Education In Need of Salvation rdquo written by Patrick J McCloskey

Cambridge MA As readers of this blog know my main theme here is or should be interreligious dialogue And while I am not much into current events I do frequently enough write about matters that cross religious boundaries But you will also know if you rsquo ve been reading my entries over the