A front page story in this morning s Washington Post highlights the effects of persistent false rumors about Barack Obama The rumors are spread on the Internet and by word-of-mouth this last still being the most effective means of communication devised by humankind Indeed the story s protago

The British press has been reaching for sacred metaphors to describe Nelson Mandela whose 90th birthday was celebrated with a celebrity-festooned Hyde Park concert in London last Friday night The icon of freedom has acquired Christ-like status in our time On stage he was a beatific presenc

David Shields an author and English professor at the University of Washington has written a sort of memoir combined with a science report called The Thing About Life Is That One Day You ll Be Dead My daughters were a little alarmed to see me engrossed in such a morbidly-titled book I think t

This coming week I make the transition to another Jesuit university I taught at Boston College from 2001-2004 then moved to Santa Clara University where I have taught for the last four years Now I am honored to be taking a position in the Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education at Fo

Above Tim Russert pictured with Catholic school children CNS photo In one of the strangest religious stories of the month Sally Quinn the longtime Washington Post reporter and co-editor of the Post-Newsweek blog On Faith wrote about her decision to receive Communion at her close friend Tim

Congrats to America blogger Michael Sean Winters on the release of his new book Left at the Altar How the Democrats Lost the Catholics and How the Catholics Can Save the Democrats George Stephanopoulos hosted a book part for Michael last night at his Georgetown home and the Washington Post was th