Unless you have been on the moon or in a prison cellar during the past month you have seen or read something about John Henry Cardinal Newman one of the great 19th century intellectuals of the English church and the man for whom Pope Benedict XVI traveled last week to England to declare ldq

It s always nbsp interesting nbsp seeing a non-Christian or non-Catholic person group or organization discovering the wisdom of our tradition-- unbeknownst to them nbsp A few years ago I met a man not a Catholic who told me that he had stumbled upon a fascinating new nbsp idea in a corporate r

USA Network last night began advertising their special Killer Clergy Marathon airing--of course--on Sunday nbsp Here s the schedule nbsp 5 00 PM Law amp Order SVU Killer Clergy Marathon ldquo Misleader rdquo 6 00 PM Law amp Order SVU Killer Clergy Marathon ldquo Silence rdquo 7 0

I ve not watched his entire testimony but when Stephen Colbert was asked why he is trying to work on behalf of migrants he had a pithy answer

Eight days in the Holy Land can fly past when you are on an immersion tour with the Catholic Near East Welfare Association Pontifical Mission to the Holy Land I hope to be sharing some of the stories and perspectives I heard from a part of the community of people in the Middle East that have been o

Amidst the depressing polariation in Congress little attention was paid last week to a rare moment of bipartisan action the vote by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to move the New Strategic Arms Committee START to forward the whole Senate for a vote Three Republicans joined the Democrats