The UK media outcry over Pope Benedict s remarks Monday to the English and Welsh bishops caught me by surprise Anger as Pope slams UK equality law is the Press Association headline which could stand for all the others nbsp The Pope told the English and Welsh bishops in Rome Your country is we

Charles M Whelan S J the longest serving editor in America s history died this morning at the age of 83 In the coming days you will surely hear more from my colleagues about the man they worked with for so many years Here Fr Whelan who also taught at Fordham Law School remembers the first

As a young child I loved Catholic Schools Week this year Jan 31-Feb 6 During my elementary-school years my school s celebration often included activities such as coloring a poster or bookmark with the Catholic Schools Week logo attending a school-wide Mass or eating a free ice cream sundae

Last year I wrote a blog piece entitled A Call for Charity asking why the Vatican opposed a United Nations resolution condemning the criminalization of homosexuality and the beatings and killings of gay men and women across the globe It made no sense I wrote for the church to take this position

As part of our promise to nbsp furnish ample coverage of films nbsp in our online Culture section here is a new review of the blockbuster Avatar from a slightly different perspective nbsp Michael V Tueth S J of the Fordham University s Communication and Media Studies department admits he i

The President rsquo s budget announced yesterday may have the finest calibration of budget details in the history of the human race But its delivery was not a political success and whether Budget Director Peter Orzag is a genius with numbers or not he was not very adept as he made the round of