Cambridge MA There is an unexpected and excellent reflection on prayer in today rsquo s New York Times Magazine Is there a Right Way to Pray by Zev Chafets It is definitely worth a look and Chafets research speaks for itself nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp All I can do here is share with you a conn

Our online editor Tim Reidy and I are currently battling for supremacy in the contest of who is the bigger Mad Men fan nbsp Here we are on this week s podcast talking about the philosophical and theological underpinnings of the hit AMC show--not to mention the hidden meanings in its name how

Here is a nbsp remarkable piece by Donald Wuerl the archbishop of Washington in Politics Daily nbsp which sounds almost like a homily reminding readers that health care is an issue that has long been part of Catholic social teaching h t to Grant Gallicho at Dotcommonweal We teach that health

I was about to post on the exciting arrival in England of St Therese of Lisieux s relics when I saw what Pope Benedict XVI yesterday told the Brazilian bishops He said The lay faithful must undertake to give expression in real life - also through political commitment - to the Christian view o

Christmas came early this year Of all the things I would like from Santa nothing suits me more than to have a libertarian candidate in a prominent race and in my home state of Connecticut no less Yesterday on MSNCB rsquo s Morning Joe television show economist Peter Schiff announced his candi

The September 14-21 issue of America features one of the most frankly and therefore for a Catholic magazine refreshingly written pieces I ve read in the magazine over the last fifteen years It is by William J O Malley Faulty Guidance A New Framework for High School Catechesis Fails to Persu