Congratulations to our friends and friendly rivals the editors and staff at Commonweal magazine which celebrates 85 years of distinguished service to the church and the People of God this week nbsp nbsp Their anniversary issue is a typically nbsp rich one with articles by and interviews with

nbsp nbsp Here s the story from the Washington Post For the second time in a week a Georgetown University student has reported being attacked and called an anti-gay slur while walking near campus prompting yet another student gathering Monday evening to show support for the victims A

That all depends on what account you read nbsp If you believe the Daily Mail s account of the Vatican response to the EU ruling banning crucifixes from Italian classrooms because they violate the religious rights of children then the Vatican is furious nbsp They are to quote the piece nb

Well not really nbsp But you get to see some behind-the-scenes stuff at our mag with Frs Christiansen and Collins in this brief interview with me and Brooklyn s Catholic Channel a few days ago nbsp

Here s an innovative way to express your support of women religious who are in the midst of an apostolic visitation from the Vatican nbsp What I like best about it is this It is an entirely positive loving and Christian nbsp way of sharing with the Vatican our gratitude for the contribution of

In response to various reports over the upcoming apostolic constitution on admitting Anglicans into the church Cardinal William Levada through the Vatican s press officer Frederico Lombardi S J nbsp took the unusual step of issuing this clarification to some concerns raised by some journalis

If you rsquo re at the Church of St Ignatius Loyola in New York on Sunday and able to dodge the marathoners you rsquo ll see something that few people ever see a Jesuit final vow Mass After 21 years as a Jesuit I ve been invited as we say in the Society of Jesus to pronounce final vows nb

This week in the nbsp Culture section Leo O Donovan SJ our go-to guy for all things nbsp in the world of fine arts nbsp has a marvelous review in our current issue on the spiritual eye of the Russian painter Vasily Kandinsky here nbsp Kandinsky is the focus of a new exhibit at the Guggenheim M

Uwem Akpan the Nigerian Jesuit and author of the award-winning Say You re One of Them will be appearing on Oprah Winfrey s show on a worldwide webcast on Nov 9 nbsp the first time Ms Winfrey is doing this for one of her authors nbsp Here s how her website describes it On Monday Novembe