An update on a story we highlighted in In All Things last year Monks at St Joseph Abbey near Covington can sue for the right to sell handcrafted caskets to the public without a license from the Louisiana Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors a federal judge in New Orleans has decided U S

In honor of the start of the baseball season we are happy to feature this guest blog post from Joseph Gerics Mr Gerics is associate superintendent for secondary education for the Archdiocese of New York News item Injured Kansas City Royals pitcher Gil Meche retired despite his guaranteed 12 m

From Mensaje via Mirada Global a look at the crises facing the church from a Latin American perspective The Church is facing a crisis Pope Benedict XVI has said it in relation to the European Church Our own bishops in turn are concerned with Latin American Catholicism We are deeply worried

If you haven t already I hope you ll read Christopher Pramuk s moving article on reproductive loss in the current issue And if you re so moved join the ongoing conversation in the article comments boxes Professor Pramuk has graciously agreed to take part in the discussion For more resources on

From Mirada Global an appreciation of two geniuses of poetry and art Nicol aacute s Guill eacute n and Osvaldo Guayasam iacute n Nicol aacute s Guill eacute n was born in Camaguey Cuba in 1902 while Osvaldo Guayasam iacute n was born in Quito Ecuador in 1919 It isn rsquo t trivial to get

From Mirada Global a look at rising food prices around the world World food prices hit a record in January and recent catastrophic weather around the globe could put yet more pressure on the cost of food an issue that has already helped spark protests across the Middle East nbsp Up for the s

I came upon this article yesterday while exploring our archives Pretty serendipitous timing Happy St Patrick s Day to all Ireland s Right to Independence America June 17 1919 Tim Reidy nbsp

With Fr Jim Martin in California for this year s L A Religious Education Congress I m playing the role of culture editor this week So be sure to check out this week s online culture offering a review of two new documentaries of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire from Clayton Sinyai Clayton b

I suspect readers of The Good Word would enjoy this week s podcast an interview with Mario J Paredes of the American Bible Society As the Roman Catholic liaison for ABS Mr Paredes coordinates outreach to Catholic leaders throughout the country He has helped setup Bible summits featuring not

From Mirada Global an interview with Ricardo Seitenfus Representative of the Organization of American States Mission to Haiti There are 10 thousand Blue Berets in Haiti Is this productive The system within the UN system is not adapted to the Haitian context Haiti is not an international threat