As 39 The Colbert Report 39 comes to an close its final episode airs tonight Thursday December 18 America talks with our own Fr James Martin S J dubbed nbsp quot The Colbert Report 39 s Chaplain quot about the good humor and effective evangelization of our nation 39 s favorite fake

Answer may lie in the fact that she opted for a “sister-to-sister” dialogue.

Catholics have never held the kind of political capital in the U.S. that they hold now.

The Apostolic Visitation Final Report has been awaited variously with expectation fear or indifference by both American women religious and the larger church In our currently polarized ideological climate some looked forward to a document that would expose the sisters rsquo waywardness and de

The recently released Apostolic Visitation Final Report acknowledges the challenges of contemporary vocation promotion for women religious This was also confirmed in the now landmark 2009 ldquo Study on Recent Vocations to Religious Life rdquo commissioned by the National Religious Vocation Conf

Calls for dialogue and an increase in decision-making roles for women in the church welcome