Young undocumented immigrants received some much welcomed news from the White House today where President Obama announced changes to federal immigration policy that would grant them work permits and lessen the fear of deportation From the New York Times His policy directive which Latinos and ot

Here is a slideshow of some beautiful photos from the Jesuit Ordination Mass which was celebrated nbsp at Fordham University Chapel last weekend nbsp His Eminence Edward Cardinal Egan ordained three Jesuits in the presence of over 240 concelebrants not to mention the ordinands brother Jesuits

Update I asked Brother DeThomasis through his publishers whether he was worried about the Vatican s response to his book particularly since he is nbsp speaking against the official teaching on women s ordination He replied Of course given the recent punitive actions by some Church prelates

Despite efforts by Beijing to pass quietly through the June anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre the state of human rights in China became a scorching subject on the internet as photos of an exhausted woman and her aborted baby went viral as did suspicions about the recent alleged suic

We are missing a powerful and vivid symbol of the love of Jesus, writes Father James Martin. For the Sacred Heart is nothing less than an image of the way that Jesus loves us.

I had occasion recently to read two books by Donal Dorr almost back to back One is a new edition widely revised and updated of his classic 1982 text Option for the Poor The second was a book entitled Spirituality Our Deepest Heart s Desire The Columba Press 2008 The two prompted me to t