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A transcript of Archbishop Rowan Williams remarks upon accepting the 2009 Campion Award last week are now available online You can also listen to a recording of the event which is well worth it if you have 10 minutes The archbishop s charm and intelligence are well evident Tim Reidy nbsp nbsp

Charles M Whelan S J the longest serving editor in America s history died this morning at the age of 83 In the coming days you will surely hear more from my colleagues about the man they worked with for so many years Here Fr Whelan who also taught at Fordham Law School remembers the first

Who should play the leading role in rebuilding Haiti Why Haitians of course and yet few development organizations appear to be seeking local expertise In Voiceless in Haiti Brian J Stevens a former reporter for the Haitian Times provides distressing examples of the trend toward neglecting

John Rivera of Catholic Relief Services spoke with America today about the agency s relief efforts and its plans for helping to rebuild the country following last week s earthquake You can listen to our conversation here Tim Reidy

We have just posted an online slide show of images from Haiti Thanks to CNS and Reuters Tim Reidy nbsp

Our online Signs of the Times this week is devoted exclusively to the unfolding disaster in Haiti In this overview of the damage inflicted by the earthquake Catholic Relief Services says it is preparing for thousands and thousands of dead and injured in the wake of the worst natural disaster to s

By now most regular readers of our blog have read--and responded to-- What if We Said Wait Father Michael Ryan s critique of the new translation of the Roman Missal The article has garnered over 200 comments and is the most read article on our site for the second month in a row Now Father P

On this week s podcast Drew Christiansen S J offers an introduction to Reinhold Niebuhr the mid-20th century theologian and public intellectual who has been invoked by David Brooks and others as a major influence on President Obama s foreign policy Father Christiansen argues that the pundits g

The hoary argument that Budd Schulberg and Elia Kazan sought to use their film On the Waterfront to justify their decision to name names before the House Un-American Activities Committee was resurrected once again last month in the New York Times Magazine s annual The Lives They Lived issue In