Readers have asked for further comment from me on President Barack Obama rsquo s ldquo round robin rdquo with religious editors and reporters I have to say I learned a number of things that day ndash mostly about journalism First my respect for bread and butter journalists like CNS rsquo s Pat

For Catholic social ethicists the eve of a social encyclical on the economy resembles Christmas Eve There rsquo s great anticipation in the air What new gifts will the Pope offer to the tradition of Catholic social teaching How will they be received by the various members of this global Catholi

The Boston nbsp Globe running a story by Nicole nbsp Winfield of AP today has reported that the cure of a man from Marshfield Mass has been officially accepted by the Vatican as a cure attributable to the intercession of John Henry Newman clearing the way for his beatification nbsp nbsp We

A week before President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet Pope Benedict XVI praise for Obama came from a perhaps unexpected source the former theologian of the papal household under Pope John Paul II nbsp As reported by John R Allen Jr of the National Catholic Reporter Cardinal George Cottier

I love listening to the President address issues like health care reform or fixing the economy He is lucid in ways few of our presidents have been and virtually no other contemporary politician is He seems to accurately assess not only the issues involved but the values that underlay the issues P

Fr Drew Christiansen SJ editor in chief of America reports on his visit along with a small group of Catholic press representatives with President Obama this morning Thurs July 2 at the White House Fr Christiansen is pictured in the photo at the far left of the table nbsp The quotes