You won rsquo t be surprised to discover that we get all kinds of crazy letters here nbsp And I don rsquo t mean simply letters that seem odd or strange or even letters that I don t fully understand mdash I mean crazy nbsp As a Jesuit friend told me last night ldquo No nut like a religious nu

At Elizabeth Taylor rsquo s funeral in March the actor Colin Farrell read ldquo The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo rdquo by the English Jesuit priest and poet Gerard Manley Hopkins 1844-1889 The poem was reported to be among the late actress rsquo s favorites nbsp In a special addition to o

Today is the Feast of St Charles Lwanga and Companions also known as the Ugandan Martyrs or the African Martyrs nbsp The story is not particularly well known in the United States but in Africa the martyrs are an important part of the Catholic and Anglican tradition nbsp During my time wit

Loyola Productions has just released this video online a segment from the DVD Who Cares about the Saints nbsp A brief introduction to the life and times of Fr M Louis Merton OCSO

An extensive and well-reported review on the Newshour of the Vatican AIDS Conference with interviews with some key figures

From NCR nbsp Joseph Feuerherd nbsp NCR nbsp editor in chief and publisher died this morning after an 18-month battle with cancer He was 48 Funeral arrangements are pending Feuerherd died at 8 41 a m Eastern time at the Montgomery Hospice s Casey House in Rockville Md His family was at his

One of my favorite nbsp sort of review is one in which an expert rather than a TV or film critic reviews a TV show or film on his area of expertise nbsp Years ago one of my most enjoyable writing experiences was watching a show on The History Channel alongside the eminent Jesuit historian John

The Causes and Context of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests in the United States 1950-2010 A Report Presented to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops by the John Jay College Research Team is now available online here at the USCCB website

The new John Jay Report on the causes and contexts of the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic church includes a finding that will probably surprise many observers.

This weekend I was honored to be invited to deliver the Baccalaureate Address at the University of Pennsylvania my alma mater nbsp So I decided to tell the Class of 2011 a little about not taking themselves so seriously nbsp This is is a religious event so let me begin with a parable There s a