This photo courtesy of The New York Post of Justice Sotomayor at the parish school in the Bronx nbsp where she was a student After speaking she danced on stage with the choir of her alma mater Cardinal Spellman HS Sotomayor also visited her nearby elementary school Blessed Sacrament where c

As I mentioned a few weeks ago Jim McDermott S J former associate editor and current film studies student knows a great deal about comic-book culture nbsp And I d bet he d know whether saying comic-book culture or comic culture is the nbsp de rigueur His review of Kick-Ass was publis

From Catholic News Service a surprising story La Civilta Cattolica the semi-official Vatican publication run by the Jesuits but whose contents are vetted by the Secretariat of State has praised the recently passed U S health care reform nbsp legislation nbsp The article by Andrea Vicini SJ

Cathy Grossman over at Faith amp Reason has highlighted a new poll that suggests that 53 of American Catholics should speak nbsp out publicly on matters concerning the church and society nbsp Other findings 53 say Women religious should follow their consciences and make public statements co

Those of you with somewhat long memories might remember the Jesuit mission bands groups nbsp of Jesuits who would nbsp visit a parish for a few days to offer a mission a kind of preached retreat usually in the evening designed for the men and women of a particular parish nbsp Busy lay men

Today is the Feast of Charles Lwanga and companions or the African martyrs or in Uganda the Ugandan martyrs nbsp I have a great devotion to the Ugandan martyrs having spent two years in East Africa where many Christian communities organizations and churches are dedicated to them nbsp B

In preparing a homily for the Feast of Corpus Christi this Sunday I reread two of my favorite passages about belief in the Eucharist which I thought I rsquo d share nbsp with any priests or deacons looking for some inspiration for a homily and nbsp with any Catholic eager to reflect on this grea

Greg Boyle S J founder of Homeboy Industries and author of Tattoos on the Heart which we reviewed here nbsp in our piece Hope for Homies was interviewed on May 20 on NPR s Fresh Air with Terry Gross Back in April he was also a guest on the America podcast As John Coleman S J repor

Today rsquo s front-page story in The New York Times Prospective Catholic Priests Face Sexuality Hurdles by Paul Vitello about the exclusion and weeding out of gay men from seminaries and religious formation houses made for depressing reading nbsp Why depressing nbsp Several reasons First

nbsp The Rev John Meier professor of New Testament at Notre Dame nbsp is one of my heroes nbsp Over the past few years I ve read each of the volumes of his indispensable A Marginal Jew nbsp a multivolume work still rolling out nbsp on the historical Jesus nbsp If you want to kn