Who was the Little Flower nbsp And what nbsp does the life of a 19th-century French Carmelite nun cosseted by her parents raised on a diet of the overheated Catholic piety of the time and cloistered for the last few years of her short life have to say to you nbsp Here is a nbsp newly relea

From the Center for FaithJustice this thoughtful article by Kurt Denk S J a Jesuit priest and lawyer nbsp Fr Denk had for a time served as a chaplain at San Quentin Prison in California nbsp The summary of the article follows Jesuit priest and lawyer Kurt Denk asks us to consider what a ne

Sometimes a sad story takes an unexpected turn and ends up offering hope and compels thoughtful reflection I posted yesterday about a parish in Boston that had planned to offer a Mass with a theme of All Are Welcome that was scrapped because of outspoken conservative bloggers Today s Boston Glo

The quickly deteriorating conditions in Sudan represent perhaps the most compelling case for an international intervention under the evolving responsibility to protect concept Unfortunately with that idea mdash and the NATO air campaign it inspired mdash bogged down in Libya the hard truth is th

Last week Pope Benedict XVI offered more evidence of his greenish sensibilities calling for more research and development of clean energy options for the future During introductory remarks made at a June 9 presentation of credentials from new ambassadors to the Vatican Pope Benedict commented on

Blink a fun series of short videos on CatholicTV in Boston asked me to film a ten-part series called Ways of Prayer nbsp We move through nbsp An Overview of Prayer nbsp the Rosary Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament the Mass as Prayer Nature Prayer Centering Prayer Lectio Divina Ignat