I was led to buy read indeed try to absorb Gerhard Lohfink 39 s Jesus of Nazareth What He Wanted Who He Was Liturgical Press 2012 when I heard that Daniel Harrington S J dean of American Jesuit New Testament scholars said of it quot Lohfink 39 s Jesus of Nazareth is the best Jesus bo

Today is the global celebration of the United Nation 39 s International Day of the Girl Child nbsp Rev Richard Ryscavage S J director of Fairfield University rsquo s Center for Faith and Public Life applauded the U N initiative which focuses on the pivotal need to educate girls as ldquo a

The percentage of multicultural parishes in the U S is on the increase according to new research from the Georgetown University-based Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate C A R A C A R A estimates there are approximately 6 700 multicultural parishes in the United States many located

A new report from the World Bank urges greater access for Palestinians in the Occupied Territories to land in Area C More than half the land in the West Bank much of it agricultural and resource rich is inaccessible to Palestinians The first comprehensive study of the potential impact of this q

As mid-semester approaches a number of articles have dealt with the scandals shame and occasional successes in American education Start with football Sports Illustrated 9 15 opened a series called ldquo The Money rdquo by George Dohrman and Thayer Evans documenting the corruption in big col

Pope Francis is continuing his informal outreach to gay and lesbian Catholics hat tip Daily Dish and despite his apparent comfort with modern social media and its dizzying gadgetry he is apparently still happy to make use of old-school communication tools Pope Francis turned to pen and paper