Cambridge MA Many readers will know that Professor Mary Daly pioneering brilliant and controversial feminist theologian died last week at age 81 nbsp See Jim Martin s note on this too Professor Daly taught for some 30 years at Boston College and so she was my colleague there from 1984 whe

A notice from the Apostleship of Prayer Full Text from Vatican Information Service At the end of today s general audience held in the Paul VI Hall the Pope launched an appeal for the dramatic situation currently being experienced in Haiti My thoughts go in particular to the population hit jus

Our online Signs of the Times this week is devoted exclusively to the unfolding disaster in Haiti In this overview of the damage inflicted by the earthquake Catholic Relief Services says it is preparing for thousands and thousands of dead and injured in the wake of the worst natural disaster to s

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Among the almost 50 000 estimated victims of the terrible earthquake in Haiti was the archbishop of Port-au-Prince Joseph Serge Miot who died when his office adjacent to the nbsp Cathedral of nbsp Our Lady of the Assump

On mornings like this only the tears flow easily Thoughts and words grapple with the enormity of a tragedy so devastating Three of the four horsemen of the apocalypse have made their grim way to Haiti ndash War is busy elsewhere ndash and yet already we discern a fifth horseman on t

When we look at the tragedy in Haiti we all have a common response and I know that many of us have received requests for help from various different groups Following on Fr Martin s post I would like to stress the value of Jesuit Refugee Service on the basis of practicality--we Jesuits have no