In an extraordinarily decisive act of governance that combines justice with mercy Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Scotland rsquo s Cardinal Keith O rsquo Brien from ldquo the rights and privileges rdquo of a cardinal In other words he remains a cardinal but without any public role

The Israeli electorate gave the country rsquo s political strongman Benjamin Netanyahu a measured victory earlier this week ensuring his Likud Party 30 of the 120 seats in the Knesset parliament and opening up the possibility for him to become Prime Minister for a fourth term nbsp He snatched

A funny thing happened on CBS’s “The Good Wife” last night.

In a surprising and far-reaching decision Pope Francis has announced an extraordinary ldquo Jubilee of Mercy rdquo that will extend from December 8 2015 to November 20 2016 and will involve the Catholic Church throughout the world He broke the news of this ldquo Extraordinary Holy Year of Mer

As you may have heard in recent weeks the Archdiocese of San Francisco has found itself embroiled in a conflict over new language being inserted into its schools rsquo employee handbook The full text of that new language can be found here Among a number of significant issues in play a main fla

Women from all continents met in the Vatican on March 8 International Women rsquo s Day to focus on two topics women in society mdash the excluded the marginalized and women in the church ldquo We chose those topics because they are close to the heart of Pope Francis rdquo Chantal G tz the