Very strong words from a leading English Jesuit on the process that led to the new Mass translations which were approved this week nbsp Philip Endean nbsp a former editor of nbsp The Way who now teaches at Oxford nbsp critiques the complicated wrangling over the translations in a hard-hitting

Rimini Italy The annual seaside festival in this northern Italian town organised by the Communion and Liberation CL movement since 1980 is an extraordinary phenomenon ldquo Il meeting rdquo as it is known ndash full name Meeting for Friendship among Peoples -- nbsp last year attracted

I m a big fan of Richard Rohr OFM especially his book Everything Belongs a big fan of what has come to be known as male spirituality yes I know it s a loaded term but nbsp that area of spirituality nbsp raises important questions for a sex that more than occasionally seems to think that goin

Ninety years ago this week Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment mdash giving women a right to vote that should have been inalienable This week Joanne Gavin continues apace in co-authoring her third book Live Your Dreams Change Your World a powerful guide for women that

As I return from a summer hiatus to write for The Good Word it occurs to me that one of the questions that nbsp we should consider this year is ldquo what is the Bible rdquo Most of us think we know what we are talking about but it can be amazing as to how different our presuppositions actually

This week s cover story from Fr Leo Donovan reviews the Matisse exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art Here we offer a slideshow of images from the exhibit The debate on the search for the historical Jesus continues this week as two scholars respond to Luke Timothy Johnson s article The Jesus Cont