Cambridge MA In part one of this three-part blog I reflected simply on the fact of the September 5 2000 Vatican declaration Dominus Iesus I suggested that this influential document despite its flaws and annoying tone is an important marker of the unity and boundaries of Catholic teaching with

On the eve before talks between Israel and Palestinian leaders in Washington Hamas does its level best to torpedo whatever progress might have been achieved by murdering four civilians including two women one of whom was pregnant Worse Hamas threatens more attacks Haaretz reports The statemen

I don t often correct myself but I think I need to on this occasion What I wrote on the devastating weekend story of how Cardinal Danneels sought to persuade an abuse victim to remain silent was I now realise too sympathetic to the former Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels I say this because my fr

Cambridge MA I heard just yesterday that Raimon Raimundo Panikkar died on August 26 at his home in Tavertet in Spain He was 91 Many will surely write in celebration of Fr Panikkar s long and very productive ministry as a scholar and spiritual master and this brief blog is simply my own initia

ldquo I haven rsquo t opened my emails yet rdquo said a friend one morning A graduate school professor he does his best work in the morning when his mind is fresh Only in the afternoon does he open his numerous emails He realizes that they can be thieves of one rsquo s best hours in terms of

As part of our ongoing partnership with CARA we will be regularly calling attention to their recent findings on In All Things Here you can read about the changing attitudes of Catholic students in the 20 years since the promulgation of the papal encyclical Ex corde ecclesiae Among other things