Cambridge MA I was glad to read Jim Martin s post on the likely beatification and canonization of Pope John Paul II and Mother Teresa We may as he suggests rejoice at such a prospect and I have indeed admired Mother Teresa for a very long time nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp But when Jim concludes

Responding to the confusion over his absence at the announcement of Anglicanum coetibus Cardinal Walter Kasper president of the Council for Christian Unity nbsp explains what happened in an interview with L Osservatore Romano nbsp Sandro Magister veteran Vatican-watcher relates the story in Ch

Good news nbsp from CNA about the soon-to-be-Venerable soon-to-be Blessed soon-to-be Saint nbsp John Paul II Vatican analyst Andrea Tornielli reported this week that the first step toward the beatification of John Paul II has already been completed nbsp He explained that officials at the Congre

From Nicholas Lash the distinguished theologian author and former professor of divinity at Cambridge in this week s Tablet nbsp He is dilating on Anglicanorum coetibus the apostolic constitution as well as the complementary norms relating to the Vatican s welcoming of Anglicans nbsp And he

From our friend Camille D Arienzo RSM who works with those on death row nbsp Attorney General Eric Holder rsquo s decision to try the accused 9 11 perpetrators in a civilian court near Ground Zero has ignited a national debate over whether the accused Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his companions sh

There is much about the Senate rsquo s health care reform bill to commend it for passage It keeps costs lower than those anticipated in the House bill It raises taxes on rich people which is always a good thing raising the Medicare tax on those making more than 250 000 It reduces the federal d