When I heard the news that the U S Bishops had heartily endorsed the advancement of the sainthood cause of Dorothy Day at their annual Fall General Assembly in Baltimore my heart leapt for joy that this remarkable 20th century Catholic lay woman was at last being recognized as a true model of holi

Boston s Archbishop Cardinal Sean O Malley sat down for an interview with a Boston political reporter to talk about the defeat of a ballot measure that would have legalized assisted suicide in Massachusetts his new role as head of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops committee on pro-life activi

Cambridge MA I was in Chicago November 15-20 for the convention of the American Academy of Religion which meets annually with the Society of Biblical Literature Read about the related controversies here Some 12 000 professors gathered not for one large plenary but for a vast and wide-reachi

The Hostess collapse has attracted an extraordinary quantity of news coverage Free-market apologists have blamed the union for the bankruptcy because workers struck the company rather than accept a second massive round of concessions following on 110 million in givebacks in 2009 Unions in turn

Last September a 73-year-old bird watcher in Central Park came upon a 42-year-old drifter who already had a police record of sexual attacks practicing solo sex in a wooded area and snapped his picture Nine days later he encountered her again demanded she destroy the picture and beat and raped he

Along with family and friends, my faith offers hope, makes sense of a sometimes-confusing existence, and challenges me, disallowing complacence and self-satisfaction.