Our next print issue will be posted to the Web site on Monday June 14 but as promised we will keep adding Web-only content to the site during our summer biweekly schedule This week we have expanded Signs of the Times to include a report on the future of agriculture in Haiti and a summary of the

Tomorrow we mark the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus nbsp nbsp Permit me a meditation on the Sacred Heart and believe it or not the way that this traditional devotion nbsp often derided as outmoded and old-fashioned nbsp can help the Catholic church address some of the factors behind the s

As anti-incumbent fervor continues to shape the election landscape the 24 hours after Tuesday rsquo s primaries reminded us that there is something to be said for experience As much as people like to hate politicians the gaffes the newcomers make and the distraction from the real issues the gaff

The clock read 1 35 I slipped out the car door ambled past farm buildings and sodium lights opened a door that weighed more than 300 pounds and entered the Abbey of the Genesee Words like massive or mammoth understate the feeling of the space I entered The walls of granite were extraordinarily

My cover story in the Tablet about the excommunication of Sister Margaret McBride earned me two friendly rebukes from thoughtful commentators whose opinions I value one from the right and one from the left Interestingly both took issue with the exact same sentence in a 1 400 word essay I wrote

More than 10 000 priests from 91 countries will gather in Rome today through Friday in what is thought to be the largest ever meeting of Catholic clergy The three-day program of events -- mostly eucharistic as you d expect -- marks the close of the Year of Priests declared by Pope Benedict XVI w