Seems like we re having trouble with the post I did yesterday nbsp Here s a second attempt nbsp I am a Vatican II baby nbsp Which is to say my life of faith has been entirely under the aegis of the Vatican II reforms nbsp nbsp I grew up with the St Louis Jesuits with communion by the han

Some of you might be aware of SNL rsquo s Really With Seth and Amy in which they express their incredulity with the fantastic incredible and implausible nature of current events nbsp Let rsquo s imagine for a moment that there was an ancient Jewish version of this given in the town square of

Bishop Blase J Cupich a friend and contributor to America was installed last week as the sixth bishop of Spokane Washington Here we are happy to reprint his homily from that occasion The installation Mass took place on Friday September 3 the feast of St Gregory the Great The late Father Dav

This is the second in the series What is the Good Word Here is how I learned the number of books in the Bible there are 39 in the Old Testament if you multiply 3 x 9 you get 27 which is the number of books in the New Testament when you add the two together you get 66 which is the number of

John W Martens an associate professor of theology at St Thomas University is well known to readers of The God Word In our latest podcast Prof Martens reflects on the question what is the Bible The answer depends on whether you are Jewish Catholic Orthodox or Protestant Even among Englis

The Gospel reading for the Twenty Third Sunday of Ordinary Time Luke 14 25-37 is one of those passages that I just ache to cut down to size to make certain that it says something more palatable easier to handle than what it seems to be saying nbsp Jesus speaks to a crowd ldquo now large cro