John F Kennedy was not a physicist so when he said that America would put a man on the moon within a decade he was not making a scientific prediction JFK had confidence in American technology and the competitive spirit of man to get us there Had he lived and had no American walked on the moon b

In between all the sad news about the death of Cardinal Dulles you may have missed some wonderful news about one of his Jesuit brothers nbsp John nbsp Foley SJ the founder of the Cristo Rey network of schools providing education nbsp funded in part by nbsp work-study jobs for poor youths ac

Avery Dulles Disciple of Jesus A version of this nbsp post nbsp will appear in the Jan 5 version of the magazine Cardinal Avery Dulles S J died December 12 2008 nbsp after a long illness A prolific author Cardinal Dulles rsquo s most influential work was perhaps Models of the Church 19

Assisted suicide is back in the news in Britain because of two poignant stories with a lethal cocktail of accompanying dilemmas is it right to take your own life to end great suffering Should it be illegal for people to help you do so And is it right to show an assisted suicide on television Th

Funeral Plans have been announced by the New York Province of the Society of Jesus for Avery Cardinal Dulles SJ who died this morning at the Jesuit infirmary at Fordham University There will be a Mass of the Holy Name of Jesus particularly for Jesuits in New York and religious and cl

nbsp Cambridge MA My reflections last week made clear my hope that in this Advent season we can engage in interreligious intercultural learning by considering as an example the teaching on the birth of Lord Krishna in the world according to the Bhagavad Gita I continue now with verses I c