Fr Jim Martin follows up on his first video blog on prayer with an introduction to Ignatian contemplation Check back in over the coming weeks for reflections on lectio divina and other forms of prayer Tim Reidy

Fr Roy Bourgeois the prominent Maryknoll priest and tireless human-rights advocate best known for his opposition to the School of the Americas the U S military s school that had trained some foreign military responsible for assassinations in Latin America has found himself in some potential

Barack Obama is quoted in this morning s Washington Post describing the how the campaign and specifically the GOP s message has changed in the past two weeks What s changed is that the Republican Party which had been trying to make an argument about experience basically got off that and

One of the most common misperceptions about the presidential election is that on November 4 we will have a national election to select our next President In fact we will have 51 separate elections on November 4 because of the Electoral College As Al Gore discovered in 2000 you can get more than

nbsp Austen Ivereigh s terrific piece below on the pope s upcoming trip to Lourdes reminds us of the need to accept the presence of the supernatural as part of faith nbsp There are many resources on the web about Lourdes for those who are interested in learning more including the official

I m going to take a punt Pope Benedict XVI s four-day visit to France beginning this Friday is set to be one of the defining moments of his pontificate The theme of his papacy has always been to challenge the dictatorship of relativism -- his memorable term for the newly-invigorated Europe