Many of us will celebrate Mass with African priests who come to the United States from various countries in Africa While these priests are helping us and bring us the sacraments at the same time many take advantage of educational opportunities in the United States with hopes to bring this knowledg

There nbsp are actually 34 of nbsp us wrote Jimmy Sanchez 19 nbsp because God nbsp has never left us down here nbsp One of the 33 trapped miners in a letter quoted in Time magazine nbsp H t Deacon s Bench James Martin SJ

Notre Dame economist Charles K Wilber will be taking readers questions on his article Awakening the Giant this Thursday October 14 To pose a question simply post to the article comments boxes Here is Wilber on why the government should consider raising taxes--and why that idea is so fiercely

A week ago a Fordham College student took his own life At least one of the New York tabloids published the story and it made the Internet but the Times passed it up The Fordham Ram gave it two stories on page one He was a bright promising honors program prep school freshman Though bril

I spent much of this weekend reflecting on last week rsquo s post by Fr Jim Martin on what the Catholic response could be to young people who despair to the point of ending their lives because of the negative messages they receive and bullying they endure for being gay Jim rsquo s thoughtfulness t

Here is Elizabeth Scalia aka The Anchoress commenting on tolerance inside and outside the church on the First Things blog nbsp nbsp Towards the end of her impassioned post The Tolerance Disconnect which starts with Glee but ends with the Holy Spirit nbsp she makes a provocative suggestion