As mentioned yesterday Michael Novak of the American Enterprise Institute has produced a short discourse on the Pope rsquo s not-yet released encyclical on social justice over at First Things Novak rsquo s article is to the encyclical what condoms are to intercourse Novak is trying and trying de

Don t miss the extensive front-page story in The New York Times by lead religion reporter Laurie Goodstein on the Apostolic Visitation of women s religious orders in this country and of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious nbsp nbsp The Times nbsp has comments not only from Mother Mar

Cambridge MA For some time now I rsquo d been thinking of writing this incidental reflection in early July but I did not imagine that Cambridge would be 60 degrees and soaking in a cold rain as I write So much for summer idylls But I do still want to give you an idea of what a professor actual

News today that Karl Malden died at the age of 97 I liked him best in quot The Streets of San Francisco quot nbsp where he played the gruff-but- unflappable nbsp cop to Michael Douglas s hotheaded rookie reminded me of his seminal role as Fr Pete Barry the priest in the film nbsp quot On t

On our web-only quot Books amp nbsp Culture quot section is a nbsp terrific review by Fr nbsp Robert Barron of a movie you may not have heard of but which nbsp Fr Barron says is well worth seeing quot The Stoning of nbsp Soraya M quot nbsp nbsp Here s the first part which should whet y

Pope Benedict rsquo s encyclical on social justice is set to be released any day now But Michael Novak is already at the barricades interpreting the text In an article at First Things Novak has begun setting the parameters for discussion of the papal text It is important to note that the title