St Vincent s Hospital has always occupied a special place in the memory of Catholic New Yorkers Full disclosure I like Kevin Clarke was born there Founded by the Sisters of Charity St Vincent s served lower Manhattan and beyond for over 150 years It acted as a trauma center in the afterma

Ten years ago there were a number of injuries amputations and deaths occurring in the New York Subway system when persons displaying severe and untreated mental illness pushed unsuspecting commuters onto the tracks One victim was Kendra--her family organizations for the mentally ill civic group

Eureka Street the Australian Jesuits online magazine has an disturbing article this week about the increase in violence towards women in bordertown Juarez Mexico as an indirect result of the North American Free Trade Agreement nbsp Since the North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA was sig

The President will hold a press conference later today Many of the questions will not doubt focus on the administration rsquo s response to the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico That response has been fitful uncoordinated and unsuccessful so the President deserves to be grilled on what he will be

It has been described as the dark side of the good news said Rochester N Y s Father Kevin McKenna the arterial sclerosis of the mystical body Father McKenna was of course referring to the Canon Law of the Catholic Church a codification of church rules and regs that can be traced

From the Religious Illiteracy Department Last night on his MSNBC television show Keith Olbermann taunted a Republican candidate - I forget where the candidate was from - who claimed he had seen the Ark of the Covenant in Arizona Okay so that is a bit bizarre But then Olbermann made this joke