Sister Mary Ann Walsh says 'Calvary' reflects the essence of contemporary priesthood.

These are astonishing days in Scotland and in the rest of the UK The mood is unprecedented febrile fevered frenzied We are seeing and hearing developments that nobody could have foreseen precisely because we have never been in this situation before The Scottish Independence Referendum is now

Sister Joan D Chittister O S B is a Benedictine nun speaker and writer She is a member of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie Penn where she has served as prioress Focusing on feminist spirituality and social issues her web column ldquo From Where I Stand rdquo appears weekly in the National

The Vatican has published the names of the 253 persons who will participate at the Synod of Bishops on the Family October 5-19 Among them are cardinals bishops priests men and women religious 14 married couples and representatives of the other Christian churches Since this is an Extraordinary

Cardinal Dolan is getting heat He is grand marshal of the 2015 St Patrick rsquo s Day parade in New York and says he has no problem with the decision of the parade committee to allow gays and lesbians to march as a group in the oldest parade honoring St Patrick in America This is not a religious

Debut report from new U.S. Church correspondent, Sister Mary Ann Walsh.