Part of America s mission is to find Christ in culture so it seems natural to look for Him in in that part of culture not involving art music theater or other written and visual arts sports and in particular--baseball Today brings sad notice that Ron Santo beloved third baseman of the Chicag

Two significant moves have just been made on Thursday during the Lame Duck session of Congress First the House passed the Child Nutrition Bill which expands the school lunch program and will automatically include more children on Medicaid The program currently feeds more than 31 million youngs

Today is the 30th anniversary of the martyrdom of four American churchwomen who worked among the poor in El Salvador Maura Clarke and nbsp Ita Ford nbsp two Maryknoll Sisters Dorothy Kazel an Ursuline Sister nbsp and Jean Donovan nbsp a Maryknoll Lay Missioner nbsp The story of their

I attended in mid-October in Rome at the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace a quite spirited three-day symposium on the topic of Caritas ihn Veritate and the American Church and Society Besides the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace the meeting was co-sponsored by the Institute for

Advent is here nbsp Yes hard to believe I know nbsp Sometimes it seems that every year we nbsp skip Ordinary Time altogether and go nbsp directly from Lent to Advent nbsp nbsp Ou sont les dimanches d rsquo antan nbsp Before every Advent I tell myself that this year will be different nbs

The various revelations emerging from the classified material acquired and released by wikileaks org will certainly prove an embarrassment to U S diplomats and to security professionals whose job it is to protect government secrets ldquo But I just don rsquo t think the world is going to end or d