At Elizabeth Taylor rsquo s funeral in March the actor Colin Farrell read ldquo The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo rdquo by the English Jesuit priest and poet Gerard Manley Hopkins 1844-1889 The poem was reported to be among the late actress rsquo s favorites nbsp In a special addition to o

Today is the Feast of St Charles Lwanga and Companions also known as the Ugandan Martyrs or the African Martyrs nbsp The story is not particularly well known in the United States but in Africa the martyrs are an important part of the Catholic and Anglican tradition nbsp During my time wit

Even as the North and South Sudan sought to extricate themselves from the crisis in Abyei more evidence emerged today that violence will prove a plague on both sides of Sudan s border Citing confidential U N documents it has acquired the Associated Press is reporting that Southern Sudan soldiers

Our blogger Vince Miller has pledged to take up this question in his next blog post but meanwhile here is a reflection from Stephen Schneck at Catholic U The root of the word subsidiarity is the Latin subsiduum which is also the same root for our English word subsidy Subsiduum was used among o

Loyola Productions has just released this video online a segment from the DVD Who Cares about the Saints nbsp A brief introduction to the life and times of Fr M Louis Merton OCSO

Gallup released a poll on the morality of a slew of issues and doctor-assisted suicide emerges as the most controversial cultural issue According to the poll 45 of Americans think physician-assisted suicide is morally acceptable while 48 say it is not Interestingly this number remains somew