Reports out of China indicate that Beijing is increasing its pressure on members of the so-called underground Catholic church distinguihed from the Beijing-administered Patriotic Catholic Church by its fealty to Rome Union of Catholic Asian News UCAN is reporting that Chinese security officials

The Anne E Casey Foundation released their ldquo 2011 KIDS COUNT Data Book rdquo today and it did not make for encouraging reading According to the report after showing dramatic improvement between 1996 and 2000 the condition of America rsquo s children has been in a significant decline since

45 000 Verizon employees have now returned to work following a two-week strike but it seems the dispute is just beginning The two sides agreed to resume negotiations but there are few signs of goodwill between them Verizon is the principal phone service provider in the Northeastern United States

Fr Jim Martin author of Searching for God at Ground Zero recently returned to the site of the September 11 attacks nbsp

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp In March I made my yearly pilgrimage to Anaheim not to Disneyland but to the Catholic Religious Education Congress sponsored by the Los Angeles Archdiocese where I am always provoked and energized by the workshops offered I am sti

Cambridge MA In my last blog just two days ago I promised a follow-up in which I reflected further on ldquo the Hindu-Christian dialogue of the future rdquo which ldquo will be more comprehensive and engaging than any we have known up to now since we can no longer give without receiving rd