New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan blasted as ludicrous an attorney s claim that his former diocese in Milwaukee moved 130 million to avoid paying sex abuse settlements See more at MSNBC

In our Signs of the Times this week Bill McGarvey provides an overview of the provocative weekend conference on 20-something Catholics sponsored by the Francis and Ann Curran Center for Catholic nbsp Studies and the Fordham Center for nbsp Religion and Culture last month entitled Twentysomething

According to the Church Times AN ldquo Ordinariate of Postulants rdquo has been set up by the diocese of Peru in the Anglican Church of the Southern Cone to host a growing number of Roman Catholic priests who are keen to join the Anglican Church In contrast to the situa shy tion in England wh

Tired of all the trash-talking in the blogosphere on talk shows and in our political discourse nbsp Ever think to yourself Jesus had to be against that right nbsp Well here s a reflection on the Gospel reading for Sunday Feb 13 which offered us some lessons on nbsp charity in the Christ

Cambridge MA For any preacher this Sunday rsquo s portion of the Sermon on the Mount poses great challenges It is quite long a full 20 verses Matthew 5 17-37 It is also full of difficult ideas Jesus is the one who comes to fulfill accomplish the Law in its every detail If the Pharisees a

The deep and ongoing scandal of sexual abuse and its coverup in the Roman Catholic Church raises the most uncomfortable of theological questions What does sexual abuse say about Catholicism itself about the Catholic Church itself And how do those who are or were affiliated with Catholicism live o