Piers Morgan Treatment of Ryan T. Anderson In Same Sex Marriage Debate Still Causing Waves

Piers Morgan caused a lot of controversy in his treatment of Ryan Anderson on a show dealing with Same Sex Marriage. It was duly noted by a ...

Louisiana Filmed Movie " The Pardon " - True Story About Murder , Execution , Child Trafficking , & Religious Conversion

The Pardon A very important movie filmed is coming out this week . That is The Pardon. There a lot of themes in this movie. First of co...

Pope Francis Experience Against Slavery AKA Human Trafficking & the USA Relationship

Regardless of the American administration or the current occupant of the Chair of St Peter one area of major cooperation between the USA an...

Is The Holy See Really In An " Unholy Alliance " With Iran Against Women

Robert John Araujo, SJ has some experience this affairs has a response to a New York Times editorial. See The Grey Lady’s “Unholy Alliance”

Louisiana Catholic Bishops Ask Governor Jindal To Stop Ash Wednesday Execution

The Baton Rouge Adovcate has the stance here at Bishops seek to prevent execution set for Ash Wednesday .

Former UK Catholic Modernist Hails New Papal Document Reforming Catholic Charity Organizations

A good post from a personal experience viewpoint on how Pope Benedict's recent document on reforming various parts of the Catholic Chari...

As Pope Benedict Moves To Reform Catholic Charities Remarks By Archbishop Chaput In 2011 Seem Important

The Pope made some rather big news on Saturday that has sort of been overshadowed by the fact he now has twitter account. I don't expect...

Support For Georgia Personhood Amendment From Surprising Source - Episcopal Church USA Bishop Of Atlanta Robert Wright

Was about floored when I read this. The Lead has  Atlanta bishop backs personhood amendment  . The fact that this has quickly generated 14...

Catholic British Economist - Catholic Theologians Election Statement Against Paul Ryan Was Problematic

This appears in a British publication and is a rather scathing analysis of the statement of 157 Catholic theologians against Paul Ryan that ...

Crucial Reform Hope and Change at the Catholic Campaign for Human Development

This part of the American Catholic Church and the second collection that goes with it has been the cause of some legitimate controversy over...

Same Sex Marriage - A Decade of Canadian Experience

A look to see what perhaps the United States might be facing in the future .

Is Opposition To Same Sex Marriage Being On The Wrong Side Of History - A Jesuit Response

Robert John Araujo, S.J. interacts with a Commonweal piece on this subject today. See Withering on the vine

Pope Benedict Releases His 2013 Message On Immigration and Migrants

In the United States the election and now Hurricane Sandy is likely to overshadow the release of the   MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT...

Notre Dame Law Professor Criticizes New Catholic Scholars Statement Released Day Before Vice President Debate - " On All of Our Shoulders "

The day before the Vice Presidential debate a group of Cathoic Scholars have released this statement   On All of Our Shoulders:  A Catholic ...

Will Dr. Jonathan Reyes Heal the Catholic Social Justice Civil War ?

Amy Sullivan at the New Republic has a pretty horrid article with a very horrid title at The Catholic Bishops Move Even Further Away From S...

Three Cheers for God In Political Platforms and Politics

Baptist Pastor Alan Rudnick has an article up here at the Associated Baptist Press site called God is not a political football . Well I quit...

Some Cheers and A Qualified Jeer For Catholic Bishops New Executive Director For Social Justice Issues - Jonathan J. Reyes

I posted on some rather big news in USA Catholic land at  Background on New Catholic Bishops Executive Director For Social Justice Concerns ...

Background on New Catholic Bishops Executive Director For Social Justice Concerns - Jonathan J. Reyes

Updates at bottom- As I posted earlier I have been a tad under the weather today but a significant hire has got me up to do a post.  Jonath...

Will Chicago Teacher Union Fight Get Same Catholic Headlines and Angst As Wisconsin ?

In case you have been living under a rock the Chicago teachers are on strike. Depending on how long this lasts one wonders if this will  gar...

Notre Dame Study Indicates Links between Catholic School Closures and Increase In Chicago Crime

Mirrors of Justice has a good link to a Notre Dame study that looks at the effects of a closure of a Catholic Schools in Chicago as to comm...