From Ciudad Nueva magazine via Mirada Global From pain to suffering doesn rsquo t mean neither progress nor a stage but a change of nature Anthropology determines very well what we human beings have that derives from humanity or animality We certainly share pain with animals but not suffering

Seven years ago today Dorothy Stang an American Sister of Notre Dame de Namur was martyred in the Amazon as a result of her work with the landless poor there When two hired gunmen met her on a muddy path they asked if she was carrying a weapon In reply she took out a Bible and began to recite

Why are so many young women leaving the church Sr Patricia Wittberg addresses this crucial topic in the latest issue of America and we hope to continue the conversation on our Facebook page Why do you think young Catholic women are disaffected If you are a young woman who has left the church w

I rsquo m an over-the-top ldquo Downton Abbey rdquo fan nbsp Lately I rsquo ve been nbsp avoiding all Sunday night engagements at least those that continue past 9 00 PM ET and am downcast if I haven rsquo t heard the Dowager Countess rsquo s most recent nbsp aper ccedil u nbsp Despite the sh

Cambridge MA Only recently did I blog on the passing of two venerable figures who helped us to live and think in our religiously diverse world Franz Josef Van Beeck and Kenneth Morgan and did not expect to add another such entry so soon But word reached me the other day that John Hick died on F

Happy Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes nbsp Here is a report from Religion amp Ethics Newsweekly from the French shrine showing what happened there in 1858 and what happens there today Watch Lourdes 150th Anniversary on PBS See more from Religion amp Ethics NewsWeekly