Here s a real pastoral question to consider What place nbsp is there for nbsp the gay person in the Catholic church nbsp With the warning from the archdiocese of Washington D C that it would pull out of social services in the city rather than accede to a bill that would afford benefits to same

Oh no prayer can only make it and her better especially if nbsp prayer is helping her nbsp to see things like this Gasp ndash my conscience is singed I fail in love every day no matter how much I try Managing unconditional love for the people in my house whom I like to think I would die f

A public letter to Congressman Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island from Bishop Thomas J Tobin in which Bishop Tobin says I m not sure you fulfill the basic requirements of being a Catholic nbsp It was published in the Rhode Island Catholic here nbsp H T Robert Mickens nbsp The text of the

It s always interesting to hear what the secular media makes of Jesuit education nbsp Here s a great piece by Amy Sullivan of Time on University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy fondly known as U of D High nbsp It focuses primarily on the school s commitment to educating youth in inne

NCR is nbsp reporting that Bishop Donald W Trautman is encouraging the U S bishops to adopt a last-minute measure to reject the new Mass translations nbsp Trautman who served as chairman of the USCCB Committee on Liturgy has long opposed the new translations as you can see from his article f

A reader sent me a link to nbsp this nbsp And no I hadn t heard of it either nbsp But check it out nbsp It s from the California Province Jesuits nbsp nbsp They suggest using the techniques of Ignatian contemplation imagining yourself in the scene and applying them to particular events i

nbsp On this Feast of the Jesuit Saints and Martyrs this tasty item from Salon entitled A Vast Jesuit Missonary Ginseng Conspiracy which begins with this deck From Wisconsin to the court of the Kang-Hsi emperor with cameos by Daniel Boone and John Jacob AstorGov Jim Doyle announced a tra

Our friend Robert Mickens Rome correspondent for the London Tablet sent us this news brief ROME -- The official that initiated the Vatican s investigation of women religious in the United States admitted this week that the enquiry was fueled by concerns that American nuns had become overly secula

Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York in a lengthy blog post on his recently launched blog citing four examples nbsp says yes nbsp nbsp Laurie Goodstein religion reporter for the Times in a nbsp detailed nbsp response on the archbishop s comments says no offering a rebuttal on his blog n

A terrific interview by Bill McGarvey over at Bustedhalo with Jim Conroy S J director of the Jesuit Collaborative a new venture of the New England Maryland and New York Provinces of the Society of Jesus designed to bring the riches of St Ignatius s Spiritual Exercises to more men and women