July 18, 2011

Elizabeth Bishop 1911-79 was a poet laureate then called ldquo consultant in poetry rdquo of the United States a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award and for 17 years a resident of Brazil which allowed her to keep her distance from the ldquo lit biz rdquo while staying in

'Ut Unum Sint' and the prospects of uniting the Eastern and Western churches

Old die habits die hard, but when it comes to the newspaper industry, habits are dying fast and furious.

Catch a glimpse of America’s ballistic soul on 'Falling Skies,' the popular new sci-fi series on TNT.

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), July 31, 2011

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), July 24, 2011

Is life nasty, brutish and short, or are peace and love possible?