St. Jean de Brébeuf’s life, like the lives of all the North American Martyrs, has much to teach us about working and living among those who are different from us.

A new term is heard more and more in agricultural circles heirloom plants These are fruits vegetables and trees that embody the best traits of their genus and family and deserve to be preserved for the future This takes special care as seen in the two examples below of environmentally-consciou

ROME The Mid-East Synod has concluded its post-discussion report an interim summary of the key themes which this historic gathering of more than 180 bishops from the region believe should dictate the Church s future policies The view from the Vatican press office is that the relatio post-disce

ROME Of all the beleagured Christian communities of the Middle East the most dramatically affected in the past few years is without doubt Iraq s Trying to put numbers on the dramatic exodus of Christians is not easy however as I discovered when four synod participants sat down this afternoon w

From our friends at CARA an analysis of Catholic attitudes on transubstantiantion The Pew Forum on Religion amp Public Life rsquo s recent U S Religious Knowledge Survey has unearthed evidence of an identity crisis among American Catholics ldquo More than four-in-ten Catholics in the United S

The students hanging from the trees the adulating crowds the campaigner rsquo s hoarse voice calling for ldquo a movement for change rdquo mdash it all made President Obama rsquo s appearance last night at Ohio State look something like October 2008 For a moment the lsquo enthusiasm gap rsqu