Visitation report praises the many contributions of women religious in this country.

Never has so much been done for so few That paraphrase of Churchill rsquo s statement on Britain rsquo s defense of England in World War II can be said about efforts of religious orders to draw new members in the last half century The concern runs through the much-awaited apostolic visitation final

Mother Mary Clare Millea Superior General of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart was appointed by the Vatican to lead the Apostolic Visitation to Institutes of Religious Women of the United States She is a native of Connecticut and entered the Congregation of the Sacred Heart in 1965 She holds a do

Cambridge MA The Pope rsquo s comment to a boy whose dog had died that ldquo Paradise is open to all of God rsquo s creatures rdquo made the news everywhere today December 12 including a front page article in the New York Times Since James Martin SJ quoted in the Times article has a

Two years after a school shooting in Newtown Conn horrified the nation not much has changed in terms of U S gun laws and the number of weapons in circulation in the United States has only increased Worst of all according to one gun-control advocacy group 94 other school shooting incidents ha

Update It turns out that Pope Francis did not say that animals are going to heaven nbsp Paul VI said it nbsp The illuminating tale of how this supposed quote ended up on the front page of The New York Times is covered by David Gibson here at RNS nbsp It 39 s an excellent piece of journalisti