On May 27th the Feast of Pentecost Pope Benedict XVI announced that he will declare St Hildegard of Bingen and St John of Avila Doctors of the Church The title ldquo Doctor of the Church rdquo is bestowed on an individual who is seen to possess ldquo eminent learning rdquo ldquo great san

Just posted to our Web site Nancy Sylvester IHM a former leader of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious and NETWORK writes on the journey of women religious since Vatican II The bishops are right Women religious have changed not only in the United States but throughout the world We

Chief Justice John Roberts decision to join the progressive wing of the U S Supreme Court to uphold the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act is earning him the expected vilification in the Tea and Republican Parties both of them now controlled by wealthy extremists who disdain the poli

I am writing from Philadelphia where the Occupy National Gathering began on Saturday and will continue through the 4th of July The purposes of this event a kind of conference supported by many of the Occupy sites in the USA include comparing notes on shared concerns of the various Occupations an

Not being a New Yorker I had never heard of Christine Quinn before catching a recent interview with her on NPR nbsp I was listening to Weekend Edition Sunday while diligently riding my exercise bike but my pace slowed when she was asked about the difficulty of being Catholic and lesbian The int

I am doing something of a spin-off on Michael O Loughlin s blog about tough questions in Oakland My concern is less the debate between Bishop Cordilione and the Board of the Catholic Association for Gay and Lesbian ministry but rather the disturbing and growing recourse to ecclesiastical loyalty o