Reading Don Brophy rsquo s new book ldquo Catherine of Sienna A Passionate Life rdquo an account of this saint rsquo s she is also one of 36 Doctors of the Church life brought to mind previous biographical readings on Catherine rsquo s own personality Brophy rsquo s book promises to br

Now catching up on some items of theological interest in the news while I was away for August I could not pass up mentioning this interesting story reported by Scott Sayare in the New York Times a few weeks ago Subject The Madonna of the Bikers festival in Porcaro France Something on the orde

Newt Gingrich managed to get his mug in the news this week by calling the President a con man and charging that Obama s Kenyan anti-Western roots were showing in his efforts to respond to the world s worst recession since well the last worse recession Gingrich found much to admire and bloviate

Back in 1990 Pope John Paul II issued Ex corde Ecclesiae a document that the late pontiff hoped would guide Roman Catholic universities and help them live out their Catholic identity In The Chronicle of Higher Education David B House looks back on the last twenty years of Catholic education wit

Father Gerry Blaszczak S J Chaplain of Fairfield University addressed the Class of 2014 on September 2 welcoming them to classes and challenging them with the task of becoming global citizens Blaszczak in his 43 years as a Jesuit is a citizen of the world himself He has taught seminarians i

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