You might remember a post about the Mormon ad campaign I spotted in New York a couple months ago Today the New York Times reports that the campaign is going national After Sunday worship in recent months Mormon bishops around the country gathered their congregations for an unusual PowerPoint pr

Toward Reforming the International Financial and Monetary Systems in the Context of Global Public Authority a note recently issued by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace included a litany of complaints with the means and ends and some of the recent escapades of contemporary capitalism

Bishops of Rome teach infallibly ex cathedra ldquo from the chair rdquo or as Bishop of Rome on questions of faith and morals Granting their infallibility in matters of content no one so far as I know has ever claimed on behalf of Roman Pontiffs a sense of timing that is without error

The Chicago Tribune reports that three dioceses in Illinois Joliet Springfield and Belleville have decided to end their foster care program rather than placing children in homes with same-sex couples Calling off legal efforts aimed at keeping Catholic Charities of Illinois in the foster care bu

Editor rsquo s note Last month this blog previewed an ABC News 20 20 episode titled ldquo Hidden America Children of the Plains rdquo a documentary aimed at sharing the struggles and triumphs of the Oglala Sioux children who live on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota We invite

Don t let this film s nbsp strange title the most difficult to remember this year next to Crazy Stupid Love --which one friend nbsp kept calling Stupid Love Crazy dissuade you from seeing this nbsp critically nbsp lauded nbsp study of a religious cult nbsp Sean Durkin s Martha Marcy May Mar