It 39 s about love not death At the beginning of Lent I stood before the grave of three Maryknoll sisters in a crowded little cemetery in the northwestern province of El Salvador I 39 d come looking for Maura Clarke one of the four church women ndash Ita Ford Dorothy Kazel Jean Donovan are

On April 11 we will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Pacem in Terris Peace on Earth which appeared in 1963 just months after the Cuban missile crisis Pope John had served as an important mediator between the Americans and Russians during that crisis Later Premier Kruschev said of John q

Holy Week and Easter are where the rubber meets the road of our faith We look horrific suffering and death in the eye and wonder how God can be present through it all calling us closer to new life We are called to be an Easter people But do we truly believe in the resurrection not just as a h

The announcement that Pope Francis will celebrate the Mass of the Last Supper in a private ceremony with youthful offenders in the Casal del Marmo Youth Jail is the latest act of exemplary leadership in his new pontificate He and the 50 delinquents 10 girls and 40 boys will be joined only by his

Here 39 s a nbsp surprise From Vatican Radio quot The archbishop of Havana Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino on Saturday read from a document given him by Pope Francis outlining the speech he gave during the pre-conclave General Congregation meetings of the Cardinals Cardinal Ortega had

This guest blog from Gary Bledsoe and Robert S Notzon is a response to the Of Many Things column by Matt Malone S J in the Feb 25 issue As lawyers who are both Catholic we read Father Matt Malone 39 s column on Justice Antonin Scalia with great interest Our view of our duties as Catholics in