Pope Benedict XVI met this morning at the Vatican with a delegation from the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations In the wake of his decision to lift the formal excommunications of four Lefebvrist bishops one of whom has denied the Holocaust it was important that Benedict hit th

For those who missed it last week we published three online articles looking at Catholic political activity under a new president In A Change in Tone Thomas A Shannon looks back at the fairly harsh and strident rhetoric employed by some U S bishops prior to the November election and calls

Fans of parliamentary-style democracies will have a lot of explaining to do in the weeks ahead The results in the Israeli elections were inconclusive and it now falls to politicians who were just yesterday competing against one another to enter into negotiations for the formation of a government t

In honor of tomorrow s feast celebrating Our Lady of Lourdes Loyola Productions has kindly sent along this clip from their new video Who Cares About the Saints featuring our own Father Jim Martin talking about Saint Bernadette Subirous

President Barack Obama rsquo s first prime time press conference was a case study in effective political communication Not only did he get all three major networks to cover the press conference live guaranteeing a huge audience he filled the full hour with thoughtful and thorough answers to the q

Yesterday rsquo s Outlook section of the Washington Post had an article that argued effectively c ontemporary business culture has distorted the spirit of American capitalism by rewarding mediocrity and even failure The article is a must read although it was short on specifics as to how we ca