An update from CNS on the move to delay the changes in the Mass translation begun by the article by the Rev Michael Ryan in America nbsp The story also comments on Bishop Arthur Serratelli s piece in America this week Thousands join priest s campaign to delay changes in Mass prayers WASHINGTON

I first heard of St Josephine Bakhita during college when I saw her depicted in a stained-glass window in the main chapel on campus Intrigued by the image I read a bit about her life Born in 1869 to a wealthy family in Darfur she was kidnapped by Arab slave traders endured brutal treatment by

Despite my early considerable fondness for Sarah Silverman the potty-mouth comedian and now star of The Sarah Silverman Show something has always irked me about her meta-humor nbsp Silverman specializes nbsp in what might be temed the mocking of the mocking of minorities nbsp nbsp You la

I am always looking out for good Lenten spiritual reading What I look for especially are books about conversion repentance deeper prayer transformation mdash all core Lenten themes It turns out a Jesuit housemate of mine Dan Kendall S J edited recently some earlier from 1975 lost writi

Here at America magazine various colleagues have already called attention to the rightwing attacks on the Catholic Campaign for Human Development the anti-poverty effort of the U S Catholic Bishops Conference and most recently the attacks on Mr John Carr who has served as the USCCB pointman on

An article in The Washington Post features good news for parents who hope to find Catholic schools capable of providing services for children with disabilites Forty-two percent of Catholic elementary schools in the United States had a resource teacher to help students with special needs in 2008-09