Cardinal Danneels s spokesman Toon Osaer has posted a statement by the Cardinal s lawyer in the comboxes below my previous post The statement sheds some important light on how Danneels saw the meeting with the abuse victim his uncle the bishop who abused him and their relatives Leaving aside

Writer Nick Hornby High Fidelity About A Boy and musician Ben Folds collaborate with online artists Pomplamoose for a provocative meditation about how we think about life nbsp nbsp If the video does not pop up above click here for the link Jim McDermott SJ

Cambridge MA In part one of this three-part blog I reflected simply on the fact of the September 5 2000 Vatican declaration Dominus Iesus I suggested that this influential document despite its flaws and annoying tone is an important marker of the unity and boundaries of Catholic teaching with

On the eve before talks between Israel and Palestinian leaders in Washington Hamas does its level best to torpedo whatever progress might have been achieved by murdering four civilians including two women one of whom was pregnant Worse Hamas threatens more attacks Haaretz reports The statemen

I don t often correct myself but I think I need to on this occasion What I wrote on the devastating weekend story of how Cardinal Danneels sought to persuade an abuse victim to remain silent was I now realise too sympathetic to the former Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels I say this because my fr

Cambridge MA I heard just yesterday that Raimon Raimundo Panikkar died on August 26 at his home in Tavertet in Spain He was 91 Many will surely write in celebration of Fr Panikkar s long and very productive ministry as a scholar and spiritual master and this brief blog is simply my own initia