Vera Farmiga s directorial debut the film Higher Ground has been winning praise from some quarters nbsp Bryan McCarthy a candidate for a D Phil in theology nbsp at Oxford looks at how difficult it is for various kinds of reviewers to get this story of a free-spirited evangelical woman s

Cambridge MA As readers of this blog know many of my reflections on religions and dialogue come out of my personal study and teaching Occasionally though as professor and now Director of the Center for the Study of World Religions I get involved in interreligious learning and dialogue of a gr

A group of prominent Catholic theologians has posted on the Catholic Moral Theology website a petition against the death penalty in the wake of the execution of two men in Georgia and in Texas nbsp Their statement discusses the unfair application of the death penalty Studies have shown that bl

nbsp I am privileged to be a staff sponsor at a state prison for the self-help 12-step groups of AA and NA A staff sponsor is different from a program sponsor I am not a recovering alcoholic or addict who has a one-on-one relationship with another alcoholic or addict in order to facilitate work

A tongue-in-cheek guide for journalists on the Catholic beat offers a critique of papal media coverage in Britain s leading Catholic newspaper the Catholic Herald If in doubt be vague and waffly about the purpose of any protests ndash especially if there doesn rsquo t appear to be one Those

A report on an intriguing Jesuit initiative via Mirada Global The World Youth Day WYD is the major worldwide gathering of catholic young people initiated by Pope John Paul II in Rome in 1984 Since then Buenos Aires Santiago de Compostela Czestochowa Denver Manila Paris Rome again in 2000