It s no secret that Father Jim Martin and his many literary efforts I think he constitutes his own book-of-the-month club at this point have a lot of fans in both high and low places like my office and around the world But we don t often get evidence as pointed as the accompanying photo which

From Caritas Japan Caritas Japan is mobilizing to respond to the 10 metre tsunami that struck in the region of the Diocese of Sendai today ldquo A tsunami has hit our people Is a tidal wave has come to overwhelm our lives We are still in shock over what has happened rdquo Father Koichi Otaki

How bout political fearmongering nbsp Faithful America suggests a Lenten fast of Glenn Beck radio your f ears will thank you nbsp Online Faith Community Calls on Christian Radio Network to Give Up Glenn Beck for Lent As the Christian season of Lent begins Faithful America mdash an online co

The NY Times reports that in a major reversal the Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced that it had placed 21 priests on administrative leave from active ministry in connection with credible charges that they had sexually abused minors According to the Times The announcement Tuesday was a majo

The U S Conference of Catholic Bishops has challenged some of the sharp reductions in social spending being considered for the 2011 federal budget Bishop Stephen Blaire of Stockton California chairman of the USCCB Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development in a March 4 letter to the U S

With the world distracted by the escalating conflict in Libya and increasing tensions throughout the Arab world has Khartoum begun an effort to undermine the peace with the newly independent South Sudan and force a fait accompli for possession of the disputed Abyei province Yesterday the the Satel

Jesuits in Malta are calling for an international response to protect civilians in Libya and to assist in the evacuation of sub-Saharan nationals whose governments have been unable or unwilling to remove their citizens from dangerous conditions amid the chaos in Libya Responding to the use of deadl

Archbishop Silvano M Tomasi the nbsp Permanent Representative of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva issued a statement on the requirement of religious freedom that is especially pertinent in light of the assassination March 1 of Pakistani Minorities

Rocco Palma walks us through the sorry story emerging out of Phillie after a devastating grand jury report and the implications of today s announcement from Cardinal Rigali at Whispers in the Loggia Over the six days since a second Philadelphia grand jury released a damning report that charged four