Rare is the film review that makes you want to rush out to see a film immediately but nbsp John P McCarthy s review in our online Culture section of Werner Herzog s searing new film about the death penalty had that effect on me nbsp I m a great fan of Herzog s eccentric but effective filmmaki

Tomorrow night Tues Nov 8 the estimable PBS series Frontline will air a riveting documentary on the state of affairs in Syria Ramita Navai a Frontline reporter goes underground to report on the rebel insurgents in that country Our associate editor Raymond A Schroth SJ watched an ad

When it comes to the saints, there are two extremes to avoid.

From NCR nbsp Because he violated communio episcoporum the communion of bishops and other canons by speaking in support of extending the statute of limitations for cases of sexual abuse by clergy retired Detroit auxiliary bishop Thomas Gumbleton said he was forced to discontinue his role as p

Adviser resigns following column linking same-sex attraction with devil nbsp By nbsp Catholic News ServiceWASHINGTON CNS -- A policy adviser to the U S bishops has resigned following a controversy over an opinion piece he wrote suggesting that same-sex attraction could be the work of the devil D

The New York Province of the Society of Jesus has just sent us this notice nbsp of a memorial for Dean Brackley S J nbsp Memorial Gathering for Fr Dean Brackley S J and the UCA Martyrs in El Salvador On Wednesday November 16th at 6 PM the New York Province of the Society of Jesus and Fordha

From Catholic News Service WASHINGTON CNS -- The nine members of the U S bishops Committee on Doctrine have reaffirmed their concerns that a 2007 book by Fordham University theologian Sister Elizabeth A Johnson is seriously inadequate as a presentation of the Catholic understanding of God In

The nbsp superb new movie Margin Call which nbsp has opened in nbsp a few theaters nbsp and is set for nbsp wide release nbsp perfectly captures nbsp the more unsavory aspects of nbsp the corporate environment in which I once worked nbsp I saw nbsp the film nbsp in a small theater in New York

The story of the creation of a new sculpture Examen which now stands outside the Egan Chapel of St Ignatius Loyola at Fairfield University in Connecticut nbsp The sculpture is a double triumph both a clever visual representation of the examen aka the Ignatian examination of conscience and a

Here s my take on CNN com who asked me to weigh in nbsp nbsp Asking if we have turned Steve Jobs into a saint is different from asking if he was a saint The first question turns on how society sees the digital-age genius That rsquo s a question of perception The second turns on how Mr Jobs l