From the USCCB POPE NAMES JESUIT TO HEAD DIOCESE OF OAKLAND CALIFORNIAWASHINGTON mdash Pope Francis has named nbsp Jesuit Father Michael Barber nbsp 58 a member of the Jesuit Province of California and director of spiritual formation at St John rsquo s Seminary Brighton Boston Massachusetts

By necessity, the sexual abuse crisis altered the ministry of many people.

This letter to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev posted on the Facebook page of Michael Rogers SJ received almost 20 000 shares since Rogers a Jesuit scholastic studying in Rome in preparation for ordination in June posted it yesterday nbsp Mr Rogers a New England Province scholastic whose brother ran in l

In the wake of yesterday 39 s dramatic frightening shocking inspiring and violent events in Boston which gripped the nation there is a great deal for us to pray for nbsp In fact after so much fear violence and tension yesterday especially in Boston and especially in Watertown today is p

How might Jesuit spirituality influence, and how has it already influenced, our new pope?

Those of us who love Boston those who were born there those who live there and especially those who were in Back Bay yesterday are still taking in the appalling scenes from yesterday rsquo s massacre nbsp Not only on the most enjoyable day of the year in Boston but also in the absolute heart

Today the Vatican rsquo s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a statement about the ongoing oversight and ldquo reform rdquo to use their word of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious the main umbrella organization of women religious in the United States which represents r

A Vatican communique from the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith on the Leadership Conference of Women Religious COMMUNIQUE OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH CONCERNING A MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENCY OF THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE OF WOMEN RELIGIOUS IN THE USA nbsp 15 04 2013To

Big news from the CNS blog nbsp below nbsp by Francis X Rocca on the Pope 39 s announcement of a committee to begin the reform of the Roman Curia and the announcement in L 39 Osservatore Romano nbsp of the move to revise the Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus From CNS The Vatican Secretaria

I 39 ve been surprised lately by some people 39 s lack of faith that any change for the better is possible in the church a stance that seems in contradiction to the Easter message nbsp Here then is the way that Easter would have gone down with that attitude On the evening of that first day of