It s usually pretty hard to get excited about Queen Elizabeth II visiting other countries The four-day visit she began today however is different Ireland shares a language a border and an awful lot of history with the UK yet this was the first visit by a British monarch in more than 100 years

During a canon law class in 1965 I noticed that the professor rsquo s notes listed publications that were either ldquo forbidden rdquo or which we should approach with caution On the list was The Nation Somewhere I had also read that America had been founded over 100 years ago to offset the

Surprising news or at least surprisingly blunt news from CNS Pope s reform of the reform in liturgy to continue cardinal saysCatholic News Service nbsp nbsp By John Thavis VATICAN CITY CNS -- Pope Benedict XVI s easing of restrictions on use of the 1962 Roman Missal known as the Tridentin

From Mensaje magazine via Mirada Global a strong critique of France s decision to prohibit women from wearing the burka in public Respecting freedom of religion is respecting human rights Considering the differences between secularity and religion implies entering into a dialogue respecting fre

A brief but interesting article in the New York Times Magazine this weekend noted the economic differences among the various religious denominations in the United States Of course education plays a role too The most affluent of the major religions mdash including secularism mdash is Reform

The prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith CDF has written to the world s 5 000 Catholic bishops asking them to introduce clear and coordinated procedures for dealing with clerical sex abuse allegations and laying out the principles which should govern them Cardinal William