Advent is here nbsp Yes hard to believe I know nbsp Sometimes it seems that every year we nbsp skip Ordinary Time altogether and go nbsp directly from Lent to Advent nbsp nbsp Ou sont les dimanches d rsquo antan nbsp Before every Advent I tell myself that this year will be different nbs

Daniel Madigan SJ an associate professor of theology at Georgetown and senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center is an Australian Jesuit and a distinguished scholar of religions nbsp Here he is on CNN com addressing the pope s recent comments on the use of condoms to prevent HIV AIDS a

Advent is a time of desire nbsp We desire the coming of Christ into our lives nbsp The readings from the Book of Isaiah reveal even the earth desiring the presence of God nbsp The wonderful ldquo O antiphons rdquo sung at evening prayer and during the Gospel acclamations towards the end of

The timing of the conversation surrounding the Holy Father s comments on the prevention of HIV AIDS was not only important but as it turned out very timely Dec 1 is World AIDS Day nbsp Another contribution to the discussion is a superb new nbsp film called Into the Light about an Ta

David Gibson exegetes the Holy Father s recent comments on the use of condoms to prevent the transmission of HIV AIDS in the light of the Catholic moral theology specifically the concepts of the lesser of two evils and double effect When Pope Benedict XVI said last week that using condoms cou

The previously out-of-bounds discussion about whether condoms can be used as a means to prevent the spread of disease is now in-bounds.

With Thanksgiving approaching we might ask: Where does gratitude fit in the spiritual life?

America magazine was told that the text of the book of interviews with Pope Benedict XVI Light of the World was embargoed until Tuesday but AP is now reporting that L Osservatore Romano has run excerpts of what was bound to be the most talked-about remark in his lengthy series of interviews with

Some video to supplement Austen Ivereigh s reporting below on the 24 new cardinals including two Americans Cardinal Donald Wuerl archbishop of Washington D C and Cardinal Raymond Burke prefect of the Apostolic Signatura