ldquo Culture of complicity rdquo is a phrase used to describe the collusive relationship between leaders of Japan rsquo s nuclear industry and its government including energy regulators Not only does Japan have a history of covering up violations at its nuclear power plants But at least one in

Because I live only 15 minutes walk from Westminster Abbey where tomorrow in case you missed this Prince William is to marry Catherine Middleton and not much further from Buckingham Palace where after the service they will appear on the balcony to kiss it has been pretty hard to avoid the hub

E J Dionne writing in the Washington Post today and Commonweal wants to fast-track the canonization of another pope John XXIII upon whose legacy John Paul built nbsp Absolutely nbsp May God grant a miracle in response to his intercession so that this nbsp extraordinary man may be venerated

Our editor Drew Christiansen S J nbsp alerted me to the documentary Forgiveness a beautiful two-part series that aired on PBS over the last two Sundays but which will also nbsp be repeated check local listings nbsp So I asked John Coleman Jesuit sociologist nbsp to review what he is cal

I am a liberal Catholic nbsp I am also an admirer nbsp of Blessed John Paul II nbsp Those two things may seem at odds especially with the growing consternation in some circles about the perceived ldquo rush rdquo of his beatification nbsp nbsp In short the Vatican rsquo s Congregation

New Gingrich who is exploring a run for the presidency pens an essay for the National Catholic Register on why he chose to become Catholic He explains that the decision was a decade-long journey influened by his current wife Callista his reading of Pope Benedict s Jesus of Nazareth and the pea