In his magnificent book Wartime Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War Paul Fussell writes movingly of a then little-known wartime memoir by E B Sledge called With the Old Breed nbsp As I recall from Fussell s book which I must have read four or five times nbsp the author averr

How could it happen nbsp The terrible revelations of sexual abuse in Ireland and Germany have confirmed the reality that the abuse of children by clergy is not a phenomenon confined to the United States Nor as Kieran Conroy the bishop of Arundel and Brighton in the U K nbsp stated recently n

In the wake of what some observers called the worst vitriol in this country since the Civil Rights era Sister Mary nbsp Ann Walsh media relations director of the USCCB offers a call for charity nbsp nbsp Politics has become a kind of blood sport News junkies over the weekend heard reports of

I nbsp can think of no modern churchman who deserves the title quot saint quot more than Oscar nbsp Arnulfo Romero the martyred archbishop of San Salvador who was assassinated 30 years ago today nbsp He was the first bishop martyred while celebrating Mass since the time of St Thomas of Be

Here s a no-holds-barred interview on nbsp Mother Mary McKillop and nbsp the saints on Australian Public Radio nbsp From time to time it s good to be challenged on things that Catholics take for granted nbsp nbsp nbsp The interviewer really holds my feet to the fire but in a friendly way nbs

The USCCB nbsp has sent over the text of the bishops response to the recently passed healthcare legislation For nearly a century the Catholic bishops of the United States have called for reform of our health care system so that all may have access to the care that recognizes and affirms their hum

nbsp Here s John Allen at NCR on Benedict s nbsp past and future nbsp In a papacy sometimes marred by scandal and internal confusion Benedict s handling of the sexual abuse crisis has often been touted as a bright spot -- one case at least in which the expectations of the cardinals who electe

From the Associated Press Catholic nuns are urging Congress to pass President Barack Obama s health care plan in an unusual public break with bishops who say it would subsidize abortion Some 60 leaders of religious orders representing 59 000 Catholic nuns Wednesday sent lawmakers a letter urging

I can write this because I m Irish Or more precisely half-Irish My dad s family hails from County Wexford if you re curious Anyway here goes Put St Patrick back in St Patrick s Day Now I m not saying that you shouldn t fish around in your closet for your favorite Irish sweater on March

These have been dark days for the church universal and I feel very discouraged about the news nbsp in Ireland and Germany which seems a repeat of Boston in 2002 nbsp That is why these words from Kieran Conry the bishop of Arundel and Brighton in the U K were so bracing nbsp Hearing a bishop