Jerry Filteau of the The National Catholic Reporter reports on a recent statement by the Committee on Doctrine of the US Catholic Bishops characterizing Reiki as superstition and as not compatible with either Christian teaching or scientific evidence The document titled Guidelines for Evaluat

I have now watched the video of Archbishop Timothy Dolan rsquo s sermon at his Installation Mass on Wednesday What to say Rarely have words and the moment met so perfectly Not since Sean O rsquo Malley took the pulpit at Holy Cross Cathedral at his installation in 2003 has the American Church exp

Today marks the hundredth anniversary of America s first issue on April 17 1909 nbsp To celebrate a century of weekly Catholic journalism the editors and staff of America are inviting all friends of the magazine I suppose foes are invited too to a special Mass of Thanksgiving to be held

Doubtless there will be some readers who will find this an inappropriate topic for nbsp the blog of a Catholic magazine nbsp And who will no doubt roll nbsp their eyes nbsp It is hardly a recondite topic nbsp But I have to ask Have you seen the video of the woman called Susan Boyle singing o

ldquo Ruined rdquo a play by the award-winning playwright and MacArthur grant winner Lynn Nottage showing Jan ndash May 10 off Broadway at the New York City Center has received many rave reviews since its debut in Chicago and its opening in January in New York Perhaps more importantly in te

Nothing demonstrated the pathetic state of contemporary conservatism as yesterday rsquo s teabag protests Held in various cities groups of conservatives gathered to protest their high taxes and the President rsquo s budget priorities They dumped teabags in public places to vent their outrage in a