This morning I shared with Drew Christiansen our editor in chief an amazing video that someone sent me the other day nbsp Until then I had thought only still photographs existed of this remarkable event nbsp which is frequently nbsp retold in church histories of the time nbsp Early i

With nbsp even greater nbsp resonance now for nbsp Catholics in the United States here is a repeat of a podcast episode featuring Archbishop Timothy Dolan the newly elected president of the USCCB nbsp During the interview which first ran on his weekly Sirius XM show in September the nbsp archb

Here s Tom Reese on the surprising election of Archbishop Timothy Dolan as president of the USCCB At their meeting this week in Baltimore the U S bishops signaled that they are going to continue their conservative tilt in both the church and American politics This rightward tilt became evident s

Great news for a wonderful Jesuit priest working in Ecuador from National Jesuit News Father John Halligan founder of theWorking Boys rsquo Center WBC nbsp in Quito Ecuador was co-recipient of this year rsquo sOpus Prize one of the largest humanitarian awards that is designed to provide a s

A Jesuit friend likes to say Cheap is good free is better nbsp In that spirit nbsp here is nbsp a free nbsp Reading and Discussion Guide for The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything which has just been posted online and can be downloaded and printed out nbsp This version will be in the pap

nbsp Thomas J Reese S J senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University and nbsp former editor in chief of America and author of Inside the Vatican nbsp sent us along this helpful primer--designed nbsp for the media but informative for everyone--for the upcoming co

Karen Smith our indefatigable editorial director is also a painter nbsp who has written several sensitive art reviews for our Culture section including this week s review of Fernando Botero s searing Abu Ghraib series nbsp In our online Culture section this week she turns her attention to a

Robert Mickens sent us this tip about a new report that he says has produced extensive evidence that last-minute changes were made to the English translation of the Roman Missal without the knowledge or approval of the competent bishops rsquo conferences and in violation of the Vatican rsquo s own

After hearing this homily recommended by no less than six people unbidden over the last few days I post nbsp it forthwith nbsp nbsp Here is Archbishop Timothy Dolan s homily on the anniversary of the birth of Dorothy Day nbsp He is speaking at St Joseph s Church in Greenwich Village in New

Within the first nbsp few minute of his primetime interview on NBC former president George W Bush seemed to nbsp have already startled Matt Lauer nbsp nbsp President Bush recounted that after his mother Barbara miscarried a child she showed the infant to her teenage son nbsp ldquo Her