As most readers here know the belief held by some churches that the pope is the Anti-Christ is not new And as my colleague Tim O Brien S J noted today it s not going away anytime soon While the president of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod better known as Michelle Bachman s church

Employers often request a wide range of skills from job applicants But in the midst of a troubled economy in which more than 14 million people are unemployed many companies are adding one extra qualification to that list having a job nbsp At a time when there are far more applicants than there

Over at the National Catholic Reporter John Allen has published a lengthy and comprehensive interview with the newly appointed Archbishop of Philadelphia Charles Chaput O F M Cap The two men had a very candid conversation and according to Allen the archbishop put no limits on the topics to be

A new CARA study reveals that the total weekly offerings at parishes have risen 14 percent over the past 5 years This seems at first like a good thing But additional statistics from the report titled The Changing Face of U S Catholic Parishes reveal a more complicated picture of the state of th

As James Keane S J pointed out in a recent issue of our magazine this year marks the 100th anniversary of Maryknoll And given the order s long history of service to the church and to countries around the world it certainly has reason to celebrate Dozens of events have been planned and the la

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The annual Catholic Media Convention took place June 21-25 in Pittsburgh PA The convention is a great chance for members of the Catholic press to meet and to exchange ideas It concludes with the presentation of the Catholic Press Awards and I m pleased to announce that this year America received

I rsquo m more than willing to admit that I find much of the Catholic kitsch available today to be quite amusing albeit completely unnecessary See plush Mass kit It seems many retailers know that as global diverse community the church offers not only a huge network of spiritual support but

A brief but interesting article in the New York Times Magazine this weekend noted the economic differences among the various religious denominations in the United States Of course education plays a role too The most affluent of the major religions mdash including secularism mdash is Reform