I don t know if any of our readers are interested in the new Tron film but I went to see it Friday and I have to say it has one of the more compelling images of original sin of recent times nbsp Jeff Bridges plays this computer programmer father-figure who creates a program Clu it s an acron

Pax Christi Ireland is one of the smaller sections of Pax Christi International Its general secretary Tony D rsquo Costa spoke of its work during a recent visit to New York to attend a series of NGO at the United Nations He stayed with us at Dan Berrigan rsquo s community in Lower Manhattan Beca

No as Stephen Colbert tells us it s worse than that Jesus is for the poor

Check out this story from The Economist about the Catholic Church in China and the increased friction between the Vatican and communist officials From the article THE Catholic church in China according to a state-affiliated Catholic newspaper Tianguang has never enjoyed the sort of ldquo p

We are pleased to offer this guest blog post on the upcoming election in Sudan from Christian Hennemeyer Mr Hennemeyer has worked in the foreign aid field for over 25 years mainly in Africa Birth is a bloody and painful experience and the birth of a new African nation may be no less traumati

Even the Tree has a stylist nbsp According to The New York Times the affluent in New York City are now outsourcing the decoration of homes for Christmas nbsp to a stylist No no NO NO NO nbsp I TOLD you not to use so much TINSEL And that WHITE TREE nbsp Hans what were you thinking