I was first introduced to the work of Flannery O Connor in a literature class during my freshman year of college Since that time I have spent hours reading her stories as well as a good deal about O Connor herself--and I have not been shy about voicing my enthusiasm My car bears a bright blue

I m happy to report that Masswepray see post nbsp below the strange video game is a hoax or at least their website today leads you to a weird place nbsp On the other hand the Talking Rosary is not

As we move into the final stage of negotiations and debate over the health care reform bill it is very important that we not get caught up in two related but counter tendencies the pass it at all costs or the defeat it at all costs mentalities that betray the triumph of politics over truth

Two interviews nbsp -- Cardinal Walter Kasper head of Rome s Christian unity council in Osservatore Romano and Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster in The Tablet -- have coincided with a speech yesterday - text here -- by the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams at the Gregorian Univer

The UN-sponsored World Summit on Food Security nbsp in Rome ended yesterday leaving many participants frustrated with the lack of progress on food security goals Few representatives from the developed world even bothered to attend the meeting The Nov 16-18 conference hosted by the U N Food and

Cambridge MA I was glad to read Jim Martin s post on the likely beatification and canonization of Pope John Paul II and Mother Teresa We may as he suggests rejoice at such a prospect and I have indeed admired Mother Teresa for a very long time nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp But when Jim concludes