As Pope Benedict continues his pastoral visit to Mexico bishops in the US are renewing their call for Congress to take charge on immigration reform in light of the severe and inhumane laws that are being passed at the state and local level Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York and Archbishop Jose Gom

As Pope Shenouda III the leader of Egypt s Coptic Church who passed away on Saturday is laid to rest speculation has begun on his successor Whoever that person may be we can say with some authority that he will certainly be facing historic challenges for Egypt s Coptics One other thing we can s

Who says Jesuits don t have alright--got game

Reuters reports on Pope Benedict s upcoming trip to Cuba and says that the Pope is offering Cuba the church s assistance should nbsp it move away from communism which he claims no longer works From the article Pope Benedict said on Friday communism no longer works in Cuba and that the Roman Cat

Jake Martin S J reviews two new working girl sitcoms and looks back at the surprisingly durable genre When Marlo Thomas mussed her hair for the first time during the opening credits of ldquo That Girl rdquo in 1966 the gesture marked a shift in how single women were perceived Since then

This week The Jesuit Post features excerpts from Fr Kevin O Brien s upcoming book The Ignatian Adventure published by Loyola Press Spiritual Exercises Ignatius gave the church the Spiritual Exercises as a testament to God rsquo s gentle persistent laboring in his life Over his lifetime Ig