Have you ever noticed that Jesus begins and ends his public ministry in the wilderness ?

An appreciation of a Christian man of letters.

Pope Benedict XVI is often considered to favor a “hermeneutics of continuity” in his interpretation of Vatican II, and careless commentators have used that term to describe his view. Instead, he calls it the “hermeneutics of reform.”

A celibate spiritual leader who is not a priest, a philosopher with a doctoral degree who is not a professor, Vanier is not easily categorized.

Today toward the end of the funeral Mass for Avery Dulles at Saint Patrick rsquo s Cathedral after the long procession of priests had filed out the front doors onto Fifth Avenue followed at last by Cardinal Egan there was then a hushed pause A beat or two of empty time and then suddenly from n

Former Fordham president, associate editor at America and longtime friend and colleague of Avery Cardinal Dulles, delivered the homily at the Mass of the Holy Eucharist in honor of the late cardinal.