I can t say I always look forward to participating in the sacrament of Reconciliation Still I go Not as often as I should perhaps But I try There have been times when I ve felt that the priest barely listened to me or he reacted too harshly to what I had to say A reminder I suppose that whi

When people find out that I am a college professor one of the first questions they ask with increasing frequency and directness over the past year is ldquo Do you have tenure rdquo My answer of ldquo yes rdquo is often met by a response along the lines of ldquo you rsquo d better be grateful

Here is Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York nbsp speaking candidly nbsp to Diana Williams of WABC-TV on her popular Sunday morning Up Close program nbsp nbsp Their wide-ranging discussion included the archbishop fielding questions on among other things nbsp whether to deny nbsp Catho

Cambridge MA I rsquo ve told you about my seminar on Tamil love poetry most of it religious in south India In my last installment I told you of Tirumalisai Piran whose two great poems are both philosophical and religious This time I will introduce you to Antal the one female poet among the

This nbsp Lent I d like to suggest not giving something up but doing something Specifically bothering In the Gospels when Jesus of Nazareth condemns people or points out sin it s usually not people who are trying hard to avoid sinning it s people who aren t bothering to love In the famous p

The last time I heard tell of an island or institution for the criminally insane it was in a Batman comic book Wouldn t you know it the Joker was on the loose again In truth the territory of insanity and mental institutions has produced some great cinematic works over the years among