Here s a story about St Joseph the hidden man of Christmas on Slate com What does his story have to say to modern-day believers Plenty For this story I interviewed both Lawrence Cunningham professor of theology at Notre Dame and Pheme Perkins professor of New Testament at Boston Col

From Reuters today VATICAN CITY Reuters - Pope Benedict said on Monday that saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behaviour was just as important as saving the rainforest from destruction nbsp The Church should also protect man from the destruction of himself A sort of ecology of m

Greg Shemitz a photojournalist just sent us this link to his photos available online on his website of Cardinal Dulles funeral nbsp Mr Shemitz was on assignment for Catholic News Service nbsp Among them are this one of Jesuit priests processing past the casket of Cardinal Dulles nbsp

Don t miss Peter Steinfels appreciation of John O Malley SJ s marvelous new book What Happened at Vatican II in the Times today nbsp Steinfels summarizes O Malley s history of the Council as well as his approach to the widespread continuity vs discontinuity debate nbsp In short

This afternoon at 2 00 the Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated by Edward Cardinal Egan archbishop of New York for Avery Cardinal Dulles SJ nbsp in the great space of St Patrick rsquo s Cathedral nbsp In addition to the Dulles family his Jesuit brothers religious and clergy from around

Over one hundred Catholic sisters sponsored by the National Coalition of American Nuns have written to the Vatican s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith nbsp in support of Roy Bourgeois the Maryknoll priest or former Maryknoll priest depending on his status who participated in a women

Cardinal Avery Dulles, S.J.'s. lecture on hope, given a few weeks after the attacks on Sept. 11.

Is there any group in the American Catholic church that has done so much while receiving so little appreciation than Catholic sisters No Women religious helped to build our church teach our children nurse our infants care for our elderly feed our poor manage our parishes and spread the

From the New York Province of the Society of Jesus Archbishop Sambi the papal nuncio to the U S has sent word to the New York Province that Edward Cardinal Egan has been designated by the Holy Father to preside at Thursday s funeral Mass for Avery Cardinal Dulles SJ nbsp Archbishop Sambi wi

In between all the sad news about the death of Cardinal Dulles you may have missed some wonderful news about one of his Jesuit brothers nbsp John nbsp Foley SJ the founder of the Cristo Rey network of schools providing education nbsp funded in part by nbsp work-study jobs for poor youths ac