At the opening of the Year for Priests copyeditors note for not of Pope Benedict XVI has released an extended letter to priests worldwide nbsp nbsp In his exhortation the Holy Father nbsp emphasizes the themes of service devotion and piety nbsp nbsp Using the example of St Jean Vianney

Last week Dr Mary Hunt of the Women rsquo s Alliance for Theology Ethics and Ritual took issue with an earlier post of mine about Frances Kissling rsquo s attack on President Obama rsquo s selection of Alexia Kelley to an important post at the Department of Health and Human Services Kissling o

Another academic heavy hitter spoke at yesterday s afternoon session of the Faith and Reason 2009 A Dialogue at the Heart of Jesuit Education conference at Fordham University Fr Michael Himes of Boston College His courses at BC on Twilight of Belief and Golden Age of Atheism are renowned f

This morning rsquo s Washington Post has an article on the dearth of Lutherans in Wittenberg as that city approaches the 500th anniversary of Luther rsquo s revolt The article is interesting if you wish to see what a post-Christian culture looks like But it also provides a chance for Catholics to

In today s morning session of the Faith and Reason 2009 conference at Fordham University participants were treated to a presentation by noted historian John W O rsquo Malley S J The University Professor at Georgetown University O Malley specializes in the religious culture of early modern Eur

Frederico Lombardi S J the Vatican spokesperson has called the nbsp planned nbsp upcoming priestly ordinations of members of the schismatic Society of St Pius X illegitimate nbsp The order founded by Archbishop Marcel Lefevre pictured here nbsp in the wake of his rejection with many of