The world is very different now For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life -John F Kennedy Inaugural Speech January 20 1961 With these words John F Kennedy encapsulated the dichotomy of the modern age we have mastered the

Just when we thought reality television couldn t become any more terrifying than Sarah Palin s Alaska Discovery announced it is partnering with the Catholic Church to create a series about exorcism and demonic possession From Entertainment Weekly The Exorcist Files will recreate stories of re

For those of you interested in things Jesuit and Ignatian here are some updates nbsp First off nbsp the Ignatian Pro-Life Network a union of pro-life groups from Jesuit high schools colleges universities and parishes across the U S invites participants to the annual Mass for Life amp Ral

This new year 2011 will mark the 150th anniversary of the United States Civil War The New York Times has been presenting excellent pieces that look back on this deadliest war in American history a war so brutal that historians contend it was the most deadly confrontation in humankind until the tre

The Vatican today has announced who will sit on the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the new Evangelization the agency headed by Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella and tasked by Pope Benedict XVI with finding new ways of engaging with the secularized post-Christian world especially of western

The Archdiocese of Milwaukee became the ninth U S diocese to declare bankruptcy because of the burden of settlement claimes related to the sexual abuse of children by Catholic clerics According to a statement released today by the archdiocese A fter consultation with archdiocesan advisors Arch