One of the best Latin words used by the Society of Jesus is the murmurationes or murmuratio depending on which Latin professor you speak with It is the four-day period just begun in Rome before the election of the new Superior General in which the delegates murmur thus the word about

With the blessing of the Holy Father granted the 20th of June 2005 and after having obtained a positive vote from the Assistants for provident care and from the Provincials of the whole Society on the seriousness of the reasons to resign I present now to the judgement of the General Congregation

Foolish as it would be to look for deep theological insights from The View Joy Behar s recent statements on Catholic saints a not existing any longer and b needing medication was about as close as you could come to a nice Youtubable public display of anti-Catholicism for any who doubt

The General Congregation has begun with a homily by Cardinal Francis Rode C M prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life It s included here on Creighton s wonderful GC 35 website GC 35 Info The photo is by Don Doll S J a photo

Get ready for the start of the Jesuits 35th General Congregation whose first order or nearly first order of business will be to elect a new superior general of the worldwide Society of Jesus The new General will succeed Peter-Hans Kolvenbach SJ the Dutch Jesuit who has served in the posi

Last night CBS reran The Mystery of Christmas which cast doubt or at least tried to on some of the more popular parts of the Christmas narratives including the shepherds the magi and so on Ben Witherington III professor of New Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary did his usual fi

How overwhelming the first Christmas must have been for Mary and Joseph.

In case you missed it here s the latest news about our latest convert whose desire to become a Roman Catholic has been long rumored on both sides of the Pond Blair was received into the church by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O Connor on Friday In the next issue of America dated Jan 7 2008 A

The Pope s cat Chico has written a new book called Joseph and Chico A Cat Tells the Life of Pope Benedict XVI which will be published by Ignatius Press in March From the press release In this beautifully illustrated book for children Chico the cat describes the life of his best

Christmas is being moved to June And for good reason Beat Christmas Burnout