Father Jim Martin made another emergency spiritual call on Comedy Central as part of his side gig The Colbert Report chaplain This time Jim stopped by to explain a little about Catholic Social Teaching and why Glen Beck probably wouldn t make a good pope Colbert still doesn t seem to get it I do

I wrote earlier about the need to avoid recriminations in the current health care debate as it enters its final days Bishop Robert Lynch of St Petersburg Florida has given an exquisite and timely example of the kind of thoughtful commentary that I believe we need in these last days His stateme

I will be a guest on the NPR show Tell Me More with Michel Martin today to discuss Catholics and nbsp the health care debate Check your local listings or go to the website www npr org and click on programs then click on Tell Me More for an audio-recording Michael Sean Winters nbsp

No one knows the outcome of the health care vote ndash or even when the vote will happen ndash but already there is an air of recrimination in the air The stakes are high People know that this upcoming vote is not only important it is historic The sinful itch and it is a sin to begin looki

nbsp Here s John Allen at NCR on Benedict s nbsp past and future nbsp In a papacy sometimes marred by scandal and internal confusion Benedict s handling of the sexual abuse crisis has often been touted as a bright spot -- one case at least in which the expectations of the cardinals who electe

It seemed as if it was all over for the UK s 11 Catholic adoption agencies After the UK government passed legislation in 2007 making it impossible for adoption agencies in receipt of public funds to refuse same-sex couples the right to adopt one by one they folded declared independence from the d