Last week I wrote here about the Vatican refusing to renew the post of Lesley-Anne Knight secretary-general of Caritas Internationalis the outrage it has caused in the organization and what it might mean The piece is summarized in this week s Signs of the Times nbsp Since then 1 Caritas spok

Lent which nbsp begins with Ash Wednesday tomorrow in case you ve forgotten nbsp is often seen as a nbsp rather downbeat time focusing mainly on giving things up nbsp While sacrifice penance and self-abnegation are all valuable spiritual disciples that can help us detach ourselves f

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp A month ago while listening to NPR s All Things Considered I heard the writer Adam Haslitt author of the novel Union Atlantic wax eloquent about a 1957 book A Time to Keep Silence more recently re-issued by the famed British travel writer Patrick Leig

The U S Conference of Catholic Bishops has challenged some of the sharp reductions in social spending being considered for the 2011 federal budget Bishop Stephen Blaire of Stockton California chairman of the USCCB Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development in a March 4 letter to the U S

Thought someone might post this yesterday and chances are our loyal readers have already seen it But I suspect it will spark an interesting conversation Ross Douthat writing in Monday s New York Times In 2002 the study reported 22 percent of Americans aged 15 to 24 were still virgins By 2008

Thought someone might post this yesterday and chances are our loyal readers have already seen it But I suspect it will spark an interesting conversation Ross Douthat writing in Monday s New York Times In 2002 the study reported 22 percent of Americans aged 15 to 24 were still virgins By 2008