Politico is reporting that Democratic operatives have crafted a new get tough no empathy approach to discussing comprehensive immigration reform sounding more like Republicans if they want to pass the reforms The new approach is the result of extensive polling by Democratic firms according to P

Just posted to our Web site an assessment of the controversial excommunication of Sister Margaret Mary McBride from the respected Dominican ethicist Kevin O Rourke As both a Catholic ethicist and an expert on Canon Law Father O Rourke offers a unique perspective Yet questions remain Did the bis

The Jesuit Conference which represents the Jesuits in the United States has written the following letter to President Barack Obama and to the members of Congress June 4 2010 We the Provincials of the Society of Jesus in the United States write to ask that you take immediate action to effect co

nbsp THE EDINBURGH MISSIONARY CONFERENCE nbsp - Centenary Celebration nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp From June 14-23 in nbsp 1910 over 1 200 Christians mainly from the English-speaking world gathered in Edinburgh Scotland nbsp as representatives of a wide variety of Protestant mission agencies They e

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp A bright ray of sunlight shone in May when ldquo Crime in the United States rdquo a preliminary annual report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation was released for 2009 A series of tables

Our next print issue will be posted to the Web site on Monday June 14 but as promised we will keep adding Web-only content to the site during our summer biweekly schedule This week we have expanded Signs of the Times to include a report on the future of agriculture in Haiti and a summary of the