Catholic charitable agencies are accepting donations for Japan and other countries affected by the magnitude 8 9 earthquake and tsunamis that followed You can send donations to Catholic Relief Services the U S bishops rsquo international relief and development agency or to Caritas the church r

It s no secret that Father Jim Martin and his many literary efforts I think he constitutes his own book-of-the-month club at this point have a lot of fans in both high and low places like my office and around the world But we don t often get evidence as pointed as the accompanying photo which

From Caritas Japan Caritas Japan is mobilizing to respond to the 10 metre tsunami that struck in the region of the Diocese of Sendai today ldquo A tsunami has hit our people Is a tidal wave has come to overwhelm our lives We are still in shock over what has happened rdquo Father Koichi Otaki

In addition to the ways of desiring God that I spoke about in my article in this week s issue ldquo Get Closer rdquo here are several other common experiences nbsp Many nbsp have had these experiences mdash without being aware that they nbsp may be nbsp ways of hearing God s voice in our lives

Should news organizations simply admit that they have some biases and then move on to report as objectively as possible Consider the events at NPR Earlier this week conservative activist James O Keefe released a video that showed two high-ranking NPR employees making disparaging remarks about th

Mija Yun Jung-hee a pretty 66-year-old who lives in some unnamed city in South Korea wants to write a single poem One may wonder why since she has a lot on her plate already She is raising her only grandson Wook Lee David in a small apartment She works as an assistant to a man who is han