This Lent and every Lent, we Christians profess that “the kindness and generous love of God our Savior has appeared” (Ti 3:4).

More than a century ago we let nature take its course We skated when the ice was thick enough--on a lake a pond a river--or possibly a human made rink Two to three inches was more than enough Then we put electricity to work and created artificial rinks indoors and outdoors Ice skating became

America is put together on on West 56th St New York City nbsp But yesterday afternoon the action was in the Hudson River around 48th St less than one mile from here Air temperature was 20 degrees the coldest day of the year nbsp Water temperature around 34 degrees USA Flight 1549 was gaini

A new take on the Roman Martyrology

Three years ago December 10th 2005 Sosoliso Flight 1145 crashed attempting to land in Port Harcourt Nigeria On board were over 100 passengers including 61 from Loyola Jesuit College Abuja Nigeria 60 died one of our students survived and is still receiving medical attention I was Presid

Some years ago there was a discussion of the dearth of intellectual life among Catholics in the USA Jesuit priest nbsp Fr Walter Ong who died five years ago this week was one Catholic who helped change that perception Polymath English professor writer he was a scholar rsquo s scholar of

August 8 marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Raymond E Brown S S Brown combined the best in many areas mdash priest teacher preacher ecumenist writer and scholar He was hailed by Cardinal Roger Mahony as ldquo the most distinguished and renowned Catholic biblical scholar to emerge i

Nobel Prize in Literature historian dissident exile critic nbsp ndash no words can capture the immensity of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Two remembrances stand out His 1978 lecture at Harvard University and his short story entitled Matryona rsquo s House Here are excerpts from both Harvard

Ultimately, the solution to Africa's problems must come from within Africa.

Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger; achieving universal free primary education; promoting gender equality and empowerment of women; reducing child mortality; improving maternal health; combating H.I.V./AIDS, malaria and other diseases; ensuring environmental sustainability; and developing a glob