From the Associated Press The leader of Maine s Roman Catholics has taken the unusual step of threatening to punish an outspoken advocate for people who were sexually abused by priests possibly by denying him communion Paul Kendrick of Freeport has been banned from the Cathedral of the Immacu

Here is Michael Paulson of The Boston Globe interviewing the always-interesting always-provocative always-hardworking always generous-with-his-time always-worth-listening-to Richard McBrien the Catholic theologian teaching at Notre Dame nbsp I ve always profited from Father McBrien s wri

Laurie Laurie Goodstein the religion reporter at The New York Times has a fascinating nbsp three-part series on the surge in foreign priests serving in parishes in the United States nbsp There are probably few parishes in the States who have not been touched by this underreported and misunders

Here s a story about St Joseph the hidden man of Christmas on Slate com What does his story have to say to modern-day believers Plenty For this story I interviewed both Lawrence Cunningham professor of theology at Notre Dame and Pheme Perkins professor of New Testament at Boston Col

From Reuters today VATICAN CITY Reuters - Pope Benedict said on Monday that saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behaviour was just as important as saving the rainforest from destruction nbsp The Church should also protect man from the destruction of himself A sort of ecology of m

Greg Shemitz a photojournalist just sent us this link to his photos available online on his website of Cardinal Dulles funeral nbsp Mr Shemitz was on assignment for Catholic News Service nbsp Among them are this one of Jesuit priests processing past the casket of Cardinal Dulles nbsp

Don t miss Peter Steinfels appreciation of John O Malley SJ s marvelous new book What Happened at Vatican II in the Times today nbsp Steinfels summarizes O Malley s history of the Council as well as his approach to the widespread continuity vs discontinuity debate nbsp In short

This afternoon at 2 00 the Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated by Edward Cardinal Egan archbishop of New York for Avery Cardinal Dulles SJ nbsp in the great space of St Patrick rsquo s Cathedral nbsp In addition to the Dulles family his Jesuit brothers religious and clergy from around

Over one hundred Catholic sisters sponsored by the National Coalition of American Nuns have written to the Vatican s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith nbsp in support of Roy Bourgeois the Maryknoll priest or former Maryknoll priest depending on his status who participated in a women

Cardinal Avery Dulles, S.J.'s. lecture on hope, given a few weeks after the attacks on Sept. 11.