No less a theologian than Saint Thomas Aquinas lamented that when it comes to understanding the Holy Spirit our problems begin with the name Summa Theologiae I 36 1 Think of all things that can be called holy or how often one might speak of a spirit Even with the two words conjoined the min

Here rsquo s a passage to ponder It rsquo s from My Beloved World 2013 the memoir of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sottomayor As a young child she didn rsquo t feel particularly close to her mother a working nurse raising two children while struggling with her husband rsquo s alcoholism Then

What do we know of heaven Jesus Where is heaven Jesus What is heaven like Jesus The questions and answers may seem blithe but they come to the core of the bittersweet mystery we call the Ascension quot As they were looking on he was lifted up and a cloud took him from their sight quot Ac

Pope Francis is the first Jesuit pope But he is not the first Jesuit cardinal archbishop or bishop How many Jesuit cardinals archbishops and bishops have there been in Jesuit history and how many are there now Today we learned that Michael Charles Barber S J was appointed bishop of Oakland

Cell phones texts Tweets emails uploaded photos and videos Skype Facebook pages and blogs Communication technology doesn rsquo t only permeate modern life its melds with our humanity itself A young person today might not emerge from the womb with a smart phone but there aren rsquo t many

In the epilogue of his latest book, "The Pope's Last Crusade: How an American Jesuit Helped Pope Pius XI's Campaign to Stop Hitler," Peter Eisner offers an interesting insight on the men who held the seat of Peter during the 20th century.