I hope my Jesuit friends here at America forgive me but I want to spill some digital ink talking about a group of Benedictines The monks at my alma mater Saint Anselm College a Benedictine institution in New Hampshire are gathering this week to elect a new abbot a process I knew little about b

On Friday I went to a lecture at the Catholic University of America sponsored by the Catholic Common Ground Initiative CCGI that explored the themes of Vatican II focusing on reconciliation and Gaudium et Spes CCGI a friend who serves on the board told me was established to bring together thos

Will President Barack Obama s former pastor Rev Jeremiah Wright and his fiery sermons make an appearance in the 2012 elections just as they had for a bit in 2008 Last week the New York Times reported that a billionaire Republican businessman had approved a plan that would drag Wright back into

America rsquo s Kevin Clarke broke some news about a possible rift among US bishops and their handling of the religious liberty question The Washington Post rsquo s EJ Dionne picked up on the issue It turns out that many bishops notably the church leadership in California saw the litigation as p

The New York Times opinion section offers a long op-ed on the perhaps non-existent Catholic vote in which the author notes that Catholics are split evenly right now between the two candidates running for president and some thoughts on how the campaigns might gain Catholic votes From the column

Last week President Obama declared ldquo I think same-sex couples should be able to get married rdquo His public support for gay marriage followed Joe Biden rsquo s remarks a few days prior in which the Catholic vice-president said that he had a change of heart over the years and felt compelle

A couple months ago I wrote about immigration and the presidential contest at the website BustedHalo com where I touched on the DREAM Act The US Conference of Catholic Bishops went on record in favor of the DREAM Act with Los Angeles rsquo s Archbishop Jose Gomez writing The United States is a g

This morning rsquo s New York Times explores the developing feud among family members operating the Trinity Broadcasting Network an nbsp Evangelical television powerhouse that also operates the Holy Land Experience theme park in Orlando Florida According to the article the granddaughter of the

I was hesitant to post this interview because the grenade throwers who tend to comment on this blog will have plenty of nbsp ammunition but Dan Savage rsquo s sincerity in his essay about the death of his mother and his relationship with the Catholic Church is worth sharing For those who don rsqu

The church finds itself mired in controversy lately and Catholic colleges and universities are seemingly not exempt from the mess Inside Higher Ed takes a look at a few Catholic schools where questions of Catholic identity access to health care and other emotive issues are causing discord Who c