Heathrow Airport UK As I write these words I am in Terminal 5 that new and cosmopolitan crossroads for people traveling it seems just about everywhere in the world a shopping mall of global proportions I am on my way to Beijing for a brief 12-day visit more on that later But as I waitin t

Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi is refusing to comment on a quot private meeting quot but Pope Francis is being quoted by a number of European media outlets including AFP Agence France Presse as confirming the existence of a quot gay lobby quot inside the Vatican that he suggests may be

A recent study by the Rev Francis Perry Azah nbsp a priest from Ghana and a doctoral-level pastoral counselor offers a clear and wide-ranging view into situations of child abuse in Ghana Titled nbsp Wholeness of the Abused Children and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder A Psycho-Pastoral Perspectiv

Shortly after the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings was arrested I went to some friends rsquo house for dinner We discussed the use of surveillance cameras to identify the two Tsarnaev brothers and speculated on whether other cities would be increasing their use of them Almost certainly w

Miami Florida I am here for the annual meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America and contemplating also my departure for a 12-day trip to China on Monday More on those events in other blogs This blog is rather about a five year and just finished project sponsored by the American Ac

The heads of the national conferences of bishops from the nations participating in the upcoming G8 summit have sent a joint letter to the leaders of G8 nations commenting on the issues they would like to see emphasized at the summit Citing recent comments from good Pope Francis on making a special