nbsp Austen Ivereigh s terrific piece below on the pope s upcoming trip to Lourdes reminds us of the need to accept the presence of the supernatural as part of faith nbsp There are many resources on the web about Lourdes for those who are interested in learning more including the official

Robert Giroux the great writer and editor nbsp and publisher of such literary nbsp giants as Flannery O Connor Robert Lowell T S Eliot Virginia Woolf Jack Kerouac and many others has died at the age of 94 nbsp The New York Times had this nbsp moving obituary nbsp on September 6 nbsp He

Here s a stunning development nbsp reported by Catholic News Service nbsp about the popular Marian shrine at Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina which demonstrates the Vatican s continued reluctance about the site nbsp The sanctions are about as severe as can be leveled against a priest sho

Here s the trailer for a new ish hour-long documentary on Dorothy Day which includes something I ve not seen before some filmed footage of Dorothy speaking on poverty nbsp If the full movie is as good as the trailer it s certainly worth the price nbsp More information on the movie can

Really nbsp Beliefnet s got the story and so does The Deacon s Bench here nbsp The information seems to have come from the newly re published biography of Governor Palin nbsp Her Wikipedia entry nbsp also notes her Catholic background and mentions her rebaptism at age 12 in an nbsp A

nbsp In response to an avalanche of responses nbsp regarding her article in America on forgiving pedophile priests Sister Camille D Arienzo sat down with Michael Paulson the religion reporter for The Boston Globe for an interview that ran in this nbsp Sunday s edition of the paper to discu

On NPR And it s not Brad Pitt s nbsp For that see below James Martin SJ

For those of you who enjoyed Mary Doria Russell s bestselling science-fiction novel nbsp The Sparrow about a group of Jesuit scientists nbsp and lay colleagues who discover life on far-off planet with some tragic results comes this bit of casting nbsp news nbsp nbsp Many years ago there we

Here s Michael Sean Winters America s regular blogger and author of Left at the Altar nbsp on slate com on the Dems and pro-life issues Catholics for whom abortion is the only issue are never going to vote for pro-choice Democrats Many others however are less certain about both abortion

Looking for some books on spiritual topics that won t rip open your backpack or crush your stomach while you re reading in bed Look no further James Martin SJ