Grant Gallicho over at Dotcommonweal--in response to Bill Donohue s having apparently convinced himself that the sex abuse crisis is about gay priests--provides a master class in analyzing the John Jay study data Yet Donohue thinks that because 81 percent of the victims were male the real cause wa

One of our favorite new film reviewers is John Anderson who has already appeared several times in our Culture section online and in print and reviews regularly for the New York Times Arts amp Leisure Section and Variety His review of Ridley Scott s new film Robin Hood starring Russell Crowe

The AP reports more troubling news from the Gulf WASHINGTON ndash Staff members at an agency that oversees offshore drilling accepted tickets to sports events lunches and other gifts from oil and gas companies and used government computers to view pornography according to an Interior Department

The last in a series on Huffpo Here s an often misunderstood and misinterpreted statement Many people feel drawn to God in times of suffering During a serious illness a family crisis the loss of a job or the death of a loved one many people will say that they ve turn to God in new ways Athei

Forty days and forty nights is a period of time rich in religious imagery It is also sadly the measure to-date of the ecological disaster occurring off the coast of Louisiana Today I hope the prayers of all Americans are focused on the efforts deep in the Gulf of Mexico to stop the flow of oil

The following is the text of a letter sent to members of Congress on May 19 from the USCCB on the topic nbsp of the Employment Nondiscrimination Act ENDA and in relation to that same-sex marriage May 19 2010 Dear Member of Congress We write to you regarding the Employment Nondiscrimination