It wasn t anything new exactly and a lot less than I had speculated he might do but Pope Benedict s heartfelt words this morning before a sea of 15 000 priests in white albs in St Peter s Square was still pretty powerful stuff Speaking at the close of the Year of Priests on the 150th anniversar

Politico is reporting that Democratic operatives have crafted a new get tough no empathy approach to discussing comprehensive immigration reform sounding more like Republicans if they want to pass the reforms The new approach is the result of extensive polling by Democratic firms according to P

Just posted to our Web site an assessment of the controversial excommunication of Sister Margaret Mary McBride from the respected Dominican ethicist Kevin O Rourke As both a Catholic ethicist and an expert on Canon Law Father O Rourke offers a unique perspective Yet questions remain Did the bis

The Jesuit Conference which represents the Jesuits in the United States has written the following letter to President Barack Obama and to the members of Congress June 4 2010 We the Provincials of the Society of Jesus in the United States write to ask that you take immediate action to effect co

nbsp THE EDINBURGH MISSIONARY CONFERENCE nbsp - Centenary Celebration nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp From June 14-23 in nbsp 1910 over 1 200 Christians mainly from the English-speaking world gathered in Edinburgh Scotland nbsp as representatives of a wide variety of Protestant mission agencies They e

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp A bright ray of sunlight shone in May when ldquo Crime in the United States rdquo a preliminary annual report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation was released for 2009 A series of tables