They may not be ready for a ride in a surrey someone stop me but NCR reports on what may be an effort by the bishops committee on doctrine to repair the relationship with U S theologians and Fordham faculty in the aftermath of its critique of Sr Elizabeth Johnson rsquo s Quest for the Living G

From Thomas C Fox at NCR In what appears to be a reconciliatory move by the U S bishops rsquo Committee on Doctrine towards church scholars who took issue with the committee rsquo s sharp critique of a book by a prominent Fordham University theologian the committee executive director has wri

According to Reuters and other news services Archbishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli has apparently reported that nbsp Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been wounded following recent NATO airstrikes and has probably left Tripoli The archbishop was cited as a source fo

From Reuters nbsp From Reuters The Vatican issued an instruction to bishops as a follow-up to a 2007 papal decree authorizing the wider adoption of the Latin Mass which was in universal use before the 1962-1965 Vatican Council introduced masses in local languages The re-instatement of the La

The route of the elevated 7 train which travels between Queens and Manhattan passes by 5 Pointz a now-empty artist space The owners of the building encourage graffiti artists to paint the walls resulting in a colorful array of designs and images as you can see here It s one of my favorite sp

This new article in Commonweal is a must-read for all American Catholics interested in their church nbsp Ana Maria Catanzano the chair of the Review Board for Philadelphia nbsp details why despite the work of the nbsp Board the Archdiocese of Philadelphia still found itself with 37 priests in