Dear Pope Benedict I rsquo ve just read your 1989 paper reprinted in Communio in the review rsquo s featured ldquo Retrieving the Tradition rdquo In ldquo Difficulties Confronting the Faith in Europe Today rdquo you explain your future papacy rsquo s resistance to change on the ldquo interli

Gerald J Beyer a professor of theology at St Joseph s University and an expert on solidarity offers an introduction to the Catholic notions of subsidiarity and solidarity in this response to the budget plan proposed by Republican Rep Paul Ryan The U S Conference of Catholic Bishops has rightl

Cambridge MA Recently I rsquo ve blogged several times on New Testament passages including the transformation of Peter in Acts 10 and the question that Pentecost poses to our Catholic identities But my real job for America is as you probably know to explore the interreligious realm sometimes

Bishop Blaire has issued a clarification of some misunderstandings based on his remarks to me on Tuesday full text of the statement follows below I ve asked his press secretary if he wishes to speak specifically to comments or points made in the interview published here and will update if I hea

America rsquo s Kevin Clarke broke some news about a possible rift among US bishops and their handling of the religious liberty question The Washington Post rsquo s EJ Dionne picked up on the issue It turns out that many bishops notably the church leadership in California saw the litigation as p

Cambridge MA After the Harvard Graduation and just before Pentecost ldquo When the day of Pentecost had come they were all together in one place And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind and it filled the entire house where they were sitting Divided tongues