Fans of the monk writer Thomas Merton are often surprised to find how low in the esteem of other monks he was sometimes held In the fascinating memoir by Rembert Weakland OSB former Abbot Primate of the Benedictines and Archbishop of Milwaukee until his dramatic resignation in 2004 you find for

Cambridge MA This is the last of my five planned reflections on my trip to India this time about my research Thanks to everyone who has contacted me through our ldquo comments section rdquo and off-line nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp While I indicated at the start that this was not to be research

Missionary Intention Christians in Laos Cambodia and Myanmar That by placing their trust in the strength of the Holy Spirit Christians in Laos Cambodia and Myanmar who often confront great difficulties will not lose the courage to proclaim the Gospel to their brothers and sisters It is gene

General Intention Word of God be better known That the Word of God may be better known accepted and lived as the one true source of freedom and joy There are some Christians who know the Bible backwards and yet are unhappy They can give you chapter and verse and quote long passages by heart and

I almost feel sorry for Deal Hudson His world is crashing down or at least that is the impression one garners from reading his post of a few days back about the presence of two princes of the Church at the obsequies for Sen Kennedy and the almost simultaneous resignation of Scranton rsquo s Bisho

Ouch nbsp The new issue of the nbsp Chronicle of Higher Education has a nbsp brutal critique of Google s controversial online library project less because of its oft-criticized intellectual property grab than for its incredibly shabby fact-checking nbsp A quick look at some of the more obvious