Bishop Hubbard Howard Albany NY and Bishop William Murphy Rockville Centre NY share leadership for the United States Catholic Bishop rsquo s Conference Department of Justice Peace and Development ldquo It is a bifurcated committee rdquo said Hubbard ldquo where my staff focus on intern

Several miles from the State Capital in Albany New York the old building that was once an orphanage stands proudly as the Pastoral Center for the Albany Diocese whose boundaries span the Catskill Mountains to the Adirondack Mountains Playgrounds are now parking lots Once inside there are frien

With the confirmation hearings for Elena Kagan underway Noah Feldman rsquo s op-ed in the New York Times last week looks at the expected makeup of the next Court comprised of six Catholics and three Jews He meditates on the idea that there will be no Protestants on the nation rsquo s highest benc

I confess I do not remember too many Latin phrases from high school but I remember Ave atque Vale ndash Hail and Farewell This is my last blog posting at America as Father Martin pointed out yesterday Starting tomorrow I will have my own blog DC Distinctively Catholic at the National Catholi

Tomorrow we will bid farewell on this blog to Michael Sean Winters one of our most indefatigable and nbsp most popular bloggers and someone well known to the readers of America nbsp Michael author of Left at the Altar How the Democrats Lost the Catholics and How the Catholics Can Save the Dem

Michael Kelly has an interesting piece in Cathnews com today comparing the recent sacking of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to the current issues in church administration nbsp The sacking of a Prime Minister is just a more visible instance of something that happens every day on a less spect