nbsp Catholics in the US hold their parish priests and religious women in high esteem and don rsquo t feel too badly about the Pope andUS bishops either according to a newly released poll by the Pew Forum Embattled religious sisters can take heart that 83 of US Catholics are satisfied with th

ldquo No wireless I rsquo m calling the realtor rdquo Those were my first words when we entered the beach house we had rented last week How would I do all the work I had brought with me How would I read news watch videos and upload blog posts What about all the online sales Groupondeals

ldquo No wireless I rsquo m calling the realtor rdquo Those were my first words when we entered the beach house we had rented last week How would I do all the work I had brought with me How would I read news watch videos and upload blog posts What about all the online sales Groupondeals

Watching the Olympics this week If you tune into the men rsquo s 800-meter track final on Thursday pay attention to Kenya rsquo s David nbsp Rudisha the current world record holder and favorite to win gold Rudisha rsquo s coach happens to be a Catholic priest originally from Ireland who rsquo

An online publication called Faith amp Leadership published by Duke Divinity School recently approached me and asked me to consider a recent Pew study that found young Catholics to be leaving the church in large numbers and then reflect on why I remain I gave it some thought and I kept coming

A fellow In All Things blogger Fordham University Professor Tom Beaudoin is collecting data on the beliefs and practices of Catholics If you rsquo re interested in telling your story read on and take a survey From the researchers A new study is being conducted to better understand how and why

I rsquo ve never eaten at Chik-fil-A and I don rsquo t plan to go out of my way for fast-food fried chicken but many people seem quite nbsp enamored by their menu offerings and thus conflicted when deciding to boycott the company Why the boycott Chik-fil-A is a restaurant chain owned by Souther

I had the privilege last month of hearing a talk from Dr Carolyn Woo the president of Catholic Relief Services in which she highlighted the collaborative efforts of CRS across the world as it helps to alleviate global poverty CRS an organization that has inspired me for many years is the offic

Running long distances is difficult all the more so when you rsquo re the best American runner trying to capture Olympic marathon glory That rsquo s the case for Ryan Hall profiled in last Sunday rsquo s New York Times a Pentecostal Christian who incorporates fundamentalist spirituality into his

At 55 Rainer Maria Woelki is the youngest Cardinal in the Catholic Church appointed by Pope Benedict XVI and serving as the nbsp Archbishop of Berlin He recently sat down with the German newspaper Die Zeit The full interview is worth a read including his thoughts on gay relationships sentiment