Cathy Grossman over at Faith amp Reason has highlighted a new poll that suggests that 53 of American Catholics should speak nbsp out publicly on matters concerning the church and society nbsp Other findings 53 say Women religious should follow their consciences and make public statements co

The Tablet of London not Brooklyn arrived late this week due to Memorial Day and I arrived late to reading it because of the extra research having lost a day of work to the holiday If you do not read the Tablet you should go online now and subscribe and not only because I happen to have the co

Regular readers will know of the high regard in which I hold Father David O rsquo Connell CM the President of the Catholic University of America for the past 12 years Evidently my opinion is shared by Pope Benedict XVI who named O rsquo Connell this morning as the Coadjutor Bishop of Trenton Ne

Those of you with somewhat long memories might remember the Jesuit mission bands groups nbsp of Jesuits who would nbsp visit a parish for a few days to offer a mission a kind of preached retreat usually in the evening designed for the men and women of a particular parish nbsp Busy lay men

As Kerry Weber reported from New Orleans today Catholic Charities and other humanitarian agencies are assisting the vast population of fishermen whose livelihoods are in serious jeopardy after the BP oil spill in the Gulf The U S Attorney General Eric Holder is reportedly pursuing a full invest

Though we are now on a biweekly print schedule we will continue to post items weekly to the Web site This week in conjunction with the announcement of our 2010 Foley Poetry prize winner we are featuring an online archive of past Foley winners Check it out here We are also grateful to the Archd