A surprising and important nbsp story out of Rome today Pope Benedict XVI has lifted the ban of nbsp excommunications of four Lefebvrite bishops members of the controversial nbsp Society of St Pius X nbsp The news was relayed to us by Robert Mickens the London Tablet correspondent who has

Loyola Productions has just completed a new DVD called Who Cares about the Saints which is designed to introduce the stories of some of the most popular of the church s saints to a new generation With some of my own commentary coupled with terrific footage photos images and graphics the D

Last week after a long battle with cancer Professor Michael Signer of the University of Notre Dame passed on With him died a very special sensibility In Jewish-Catholic relations Michael was a catalyst drawing the best from both sides For nearly 20 years I have participated in the national Cat

Both Archbishop Jean Jadot and Cardinal Pio Laghi died this month Jadot served as an apostolic delegate to the United States under Paul VI and Laghi was nuncio under John Paul II In 1990 Father Tom Reese offered this helpful comparison of the two men and the legacy of the bishops that were appoi

With a flurry of executive orders and his personal attendance at the swearing in of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Barack Obama has alerted the nation and the world that his foreign policy will be vastly different from George W Bush rsquo s On Tuesday as Obama took the oath of office you co

Just a note to let people in the New York area know of a very good conference day we have coming up at Fordham titled Ministry to American Catholics and sponsored by the Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education It will take place on Friday 6 February In the morning our discussion