Strong words from Kevin Dowling nbsp C Ss R the Catholic bishop of Rostenburg South Africa nbsp to a group of leading laity in Cape Town on June 1 nbsp He takes as his jumping-off point the Tridentine Mass celebrated by Bishop Edward James Slattery in Washington DC but his point goes bey

Approximately 11 percent of teachers at Catholic elementary schools are male including priests and brothers and in a recent piece on The Washington Post rsquo s nbsp ldquo On Faith rdquo blog guest contributor Mark Judge argues that this number is far too low He writes ldquo This imbalance

Few readers of this magazine will dispute the editorial opinion on July 5 noting the Supreme Court rsquo s extension of Roper v Simmons 1995 The current ruling stipulates that sentencing a juvenile to life without parole for a non-homicide offense violates the 8th Amendment ban on cruel and unus

From The Boston Globe The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston moving to stabilize its finances and replace an old-fashioned patchwork of parish taxes and fees is rolling out a new financial model in which all parishes will be expected to contribute 18 percent of their weekly offertory ldquo gr

Pretty busy news day Some of the stories we are following The Justice Department has finally weighed in on Arizona s controversial get tough on illegal immigration law filing a lawsuit to overturn SB 1070 It also asked the federal courts to grant an injunction to stop enforcement of the measure

The deaths of children and adolescents killed in firearms-related violence in cities is no greater than the deaths of those who die in rural settings In fact suicides and shootings are actually more common among country dwellers than among city dwellers Such was the surprising conclusion of a rec