In a blunt lecture on Monday at Marquette University in Milwaukee Wis Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin nbsp made what to my mind is nbsp a stunning admission about the sexual abuse crisis in the church nbsp With perhaps two exceptions he has not encountered a real and unconditional admiss

Father James Martin on the worst mistake he made working as a young Jesuit among the East African refugees who settled in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya.

Orbis Books has just brought out a new edition of nbsp This Our Exile A Spiritual Journey with the Refugees of East Africa with a new afterword nbsp They have nbsp given permission to reprint the first chapter of the book as a way of introducing readers to the story of my two years of working w

A great new series from the U S nbsp Jesuit Conference on the path to priesthood called P2P and featuring a soon-to-be-ordained Radmar Jao nbsp Follow nbsp Radmar as he and several of his brother Jesuits nbsp move closer towards ordination this year nbsp Radmar s nbsp ordination will be o

This kind of incident happens to priests more frequently than one might think nbsp A few months ago on a commuter train I was in my collar and I heard a woman say to her small son Don t get near that man nbsp This is from Archbishop Timothy Dolan s blog It was only the third time it had happ

Here is a filmed review of Of Gods and Men that aired this weekend on PBS s Religion nbsp amp Ethics Newsweekly nbsp It features a wealth of beautiful clips from this beautiful film nbsp Watch the full episode See more Religion amp Ethics NewsWeekly

A trailer to gladden the heart of every Philadelphia Catholic--actually every American Catholic nbsp Based on the entirely true story of the The Mighty Macs the 1972 women s basketball team of you are apparently required to use this adjective whenever you say the name of the school even though

Here is a statement from Elizabeth Johnson CSJ in response to the critique of her book Quest for the Living God by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee for Doctrine nbsp See blogpost below for more details and comments on Daniel Horan OFM s site for another reflection R

The USCCB rsquo s Committee on Doctrine has just nbsp issued a critique of a recent book by Elizabeth Johnson CSJ Distinguished Professor of Theology at Fordham University and an award-winning Catholic author nbsp and educator which is entitled Quest for the Living God Mapping the Frontiers in t

Secret Access The Vatican has a nbsp breathless title and that voice-over on the promo is a hoot but the show has some great behind-the-scenes um scenes and looks like a good catch tonight nbsp David Gibson our sometime contributor Dotcommonweal blogger he describes his involvement with