Francis Cardinal George archbishop of Chicago and president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops nbsp has denounced nbsp New Ways Ministry a national nbsp organization based in Mt Rainier Maryland which reaches out to gay and lesbian Catholics nbsp runs nbsp conferences on issues concerni

The lesser of two evils is nbsp an important concept nbsp from the Catholic moral tradition that is being applied in a new way in the diocese of Albany as RNS s Daniel Burke reports in this story of its needle-exchange program nbsp In the past few decades nbsp a few theologians nbsp have argue

On Feb 2 Pope Benedict XVI nbsp in his nbsp homily marking this year s nbsp World Day for Consecrated Life nbsp praised the commitment of men and women in religious orders nbsp nbsp Each one of you said the Holy Father referring to men and women religious has approached nbsp Christ as

Every year a good friend calls me one morning in early February to quiz me on the Oscar nominees nbsp The game is that I m not supposed to listen to any news broadcasts or read any papers or now surf the web nbsp nbsp Some years I m batting 1000 or at least 900 other years not so much nbsp

A nbsp contact at the White House sent us these remarks and since I m not sure if they are on the web yet I ll post them in full nbsp Heads of state cabinet members Members of Congress religious leaders distinguished guests ndash it rsquo s good to see you Let me begin by acknowledging th

As part of our promise to nbsp furnish ample coverage of films nbsp in our online Culture section here is a new review of the blockbuster Avatar from a slightly different perspective nbsp Michael V Tueth S J of the Fordham University s Communication and Media Studies department admits he i

David Gibson over at Politics Daily has a great piece on the uproar over the newly announced Mother Teresa stamp nbsp Seems that some are objecting to her smiling visage gracing our letters and postcards nbsp And they re objecting for good reason nbsp The U S Postal Service s list of requ

In October of last year I made a pilgrimage of sorts to Cincinnati Ohio a city that boasts great chili serves great Graeter rsquo s to be specific ice cream and most importantly is home to very warm people nbsp Several years ago I had spent a marvelous summer in nearby Milford Ohio at

NPR takes nbsp Pope Benedict XVI s nbsp latest letter for World Communications Day and asks several bloggers including one from In All Things for advice were the pope to start blogging himself nbsp It s rather tongue in cheek but gets at some interesting points about the blogosphere and religi

Be sure to catch a slide show of images from photographer Clarke Patterson of Monday night s 2009 Campion Award presentation to the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams nbsp The link is here nbsp nbsp The audio in case you haven t heard it yet of Archbishop Williams remarks is on our h