As a fan of the writer Karen Armstrong -- a former nun who has become one of the leading authorities on religion and its deformation in the modern world -- I was intrigued to learn of an initiative she has just launched no less than a global charter calling for the restoration of the principle of c

Edward Beck a Passionist priest nbsp and author of several books on spirituality including his compelling memoir God Underneath is a talented writer and explicator of the faith who regularly appears on ABC Now nbsp and Good Morning America nbsp He is intelligent moderate and helpful on t

Today is the anniversary of the birth of Servant of God Pedro Arrupe S J 1907-1991 superior general of the Society of Jesus from 1965 to 1983 nbsp The Irish Province has a fine website up though some of their links are on the fritz on the man called by some the Second Founder of the Jesui

Here s a real pastoral question to consider What place nbsp is there for nbsp the gay person in the Catholic church nbsp With the warning from the archdiocese of Washington D C that it would pull out of social services in the city rather than accede to a bill that would afford benefits to same

Tom Reese S J over at On Faith offers a thorough examination of the brewing controversy in Washington that is pitting the church against the DC city council As Michael O Loughlin noted earlier the archdiocese has threatened to stop offering social services if it is forced to abide by a propos

We might expect a man of eighty-eight one who has lived through the worst of the twentieth century to have a certain gloomy angst about the future of humanity and a reasonable doubt about our essential goodness Such is not the case of Ladislas Orsy S J the world renown professor of law at Geor