Tennessee Williams was born March 25 1911 in Columbus Mississippi the grandson of an Episcopal rector he moved north to Saint Louis at seven when his itinerant shoe salesman father Cornelius got a job there in a shoe factory Years later Williams father yanked Tennessee then called Tom fr

I recently came across a story that first aired on NPR in 2008 but has resurfaced today as one of NPR org s most viewed articles It shouldn t take you long to see why In an interview Julio Diaz photo at right describes how he was mugged at knife-point while leaving the subway in the Bronx He

Despite evictions around the country Occupy continues actions on a daily basis around the USA and the world Religious organizations and spiritually-interested institutions are a part of Occupy but one thing I have noticed in New York City at Occupy Wall Street is the relative absence of Catholic

New York rsquo s Fifth Avenue has four cathedrals within a nine blocks of one another Start with Saint Patrick rsquo s where perhaps two dozen assemble daily for 8 00 a m Mass Descend the steps and immediately across the street the giant iron Atlas holds the world on his massive shoulders at the

Join a discussion of Fr Jim Martin s new book over at Patheos This nifty web page includes a video from Fr Jim and chances to win free books Tim Reidy nbsp

How accurate were recent figures cited by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life nbsp in their recent report on advocacy lobbying by religious entities in Washington The report Lobbying for the Faithful garnered national attention and the figure Pew calculated for U S C C B advocacy what