The Papal Mass at Yankee Stadium yesterday was one of the high points of my Catholic life Not simply for being able to be close to Pope Benedict XVI a man with whom I from time to time disagree and being able to see the Successor of St Peter but also for being able to celebrate being Cath

As Michael Corleone once said every time he tries to get out they pull him back in Fr Jim Martin SJ will be Stephen Colbert s first guest tonight on the Colbert Report Comedy Central 11 30pm Eastern Time discussing the papal visit You may have seen Jim on television once or twice th

In the final weekend before tomorrow s primary in Pennsylvania Hillary and Clinton and Barack Obama have been making a last pitch to the voters You can bet that both campaigns have poll-tested precisely what that pitch should be what argument will sway the voters at the last minute Yet both c

When Benedict XVI celebrates mass at Yankee Stadium today he will be the third pope to do so Paul VI celebrated mass there on his visit to the United States in 1965 and John Paul II celebrated mass there in 1979 as well as in 1969 as a cardinal In his 1965 visit Paul VI asked Americans to

Forty-five years ago this month Pope John XXIII published his ground-breaking encyclical Pacem in Terris Peace on Earth arguing that world peace depended on respect for and promotion of human rights On Friday April 18 just a week after the Pacem in Terris anniversary Pope Benedict XVI addr

How fitting that Pope Benedict traveled on Friday evening from the Park East Synagogue to St Joseph s Catholic Church on East 86th St The visit to the Synagogue on the eve of Passover was an event added on to an already busy schedule This visit surely reminded the assembled ecumenical leaders