The Legionaries of Christ are of Christ and not of Maciel Fr Jes uacute s Mar iacute a Delgado regional head of the Legionaries of Christ in Spain has told the religious news site Religi oacute n Digital in an upbeat interview We will do whatever the Church tells us he says in reference

In a provocative op-ed this morning in the New York Times the Dalai Lama speaks of his 1968 encounter with Thomas Merton and the need for religions to highlight what unites us nbsp Interestingly Merton is often nbsp criticized by some Catholics for not being sufficiently Catholic towards the

It appears that Congress and the White House are close to a compromise that will end the Don rsquo t Ask Don rsquo t Tell DADT policy that forbids openly gay men and women from serving in the U S armed forces The compromise will allow the Pentagon to complete its study of the issue but will

nbsp World wide in 2007 nbsp there was approximately one nbsp priest for every 2800 Catholics 1-2800 nbsp How does this vary around the globe nbsp In the United States currently it stands around 1 ndash 1500 nbsp So nbsp if one thinks the priest shortage is serious in the U S nbsp wi

One of 19 U S women s religious orders specifically nbsp identified as the next step in the Vatican s Apostolic Visitation the Adrian Dominican Sisters of Adrian Michigan are being investigated nbsp The story is outlined in this piece from the Detroit Free Press They ve taught legions of De

This week s podcast features an interview with the novelist and essayist Mary Gordon Gordon s new book Reading Jesus began as an effort to understand Christian fundamentalism by looking at the primary sources of the Christian tradition As she examined Jesus life and work she discovered that sh