During the 2004 election campaigns, the U.S. bishops’ statement on political responsibility, Faithful Citizenship, came in for considerable criticism among a vocal segment of conservative Catholics. They believed that the document diluted the pro-life message of the church by not emphasizing i
Astronomers love to wander in the dark because it is often the darkest skies that radiate the brightest stars An award-winning astronomer and the Priest Professor of Physics at St Lawrence University in Canton N Y Aileen O 8217 Donoghue has spent years searching the heavens of the physical uni
Margaret Atwood has published over a dozen volumes of poetry While she might be more widely known as a novelist it is in her poetry that the issues dealt with in her novels are first tried out and sharpened The Door provides a foundation for many of the themes symbols and conflicts that erupt in
The 8220 Christmas story 8221 that we re-enact annually is based for the most part on the infancy narratives found in the first two chapters of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke Those texts combine historical details fulfillments of Old Testament prophecies and theological affirmations about Jes
In the northern hemisphere November is traditionally associated with those who have died The flowers have wilted the leaves are dropping and the grass has ceased to grow The freshness of spring and the warmth of summer are distant memories Yet amid these signs of death there is the expectation