I’ve had a stressful year at work. And I know that I am not alone. While certainly some of my experiences are unique (returning from maternity leave, the stress of the tenure clock, and the particulars of my institutional...
Read MoreThe Roman Catholic church has its first non-European pope: Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, now to be known as Pope Francis I. He was elected the 266th successor to St. Peter and leader of the world’s 1.2...
Read MoreLike many other Catholics around the world, I have been following the news of the papal conclave with great interest. But I continue to have mixed feelings about the news coverage and about the images of the Church that have...
Read MorePope Benedict XVI has issued an Apostolic Letter issued Motu Proprio on The Service of Charity (English translation on pages 13-19 of pdf) that many readers will find interesting, and some might even find troubling. John Allen...
Read MoreIf you close your eyes, can you imagine the 34 million people living with HIV/AIDS? Can you see their faces, hear their stories? Part of the problem with the data of statistics is that it is difficult for us to wrap our heads...
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