There are few religious books that are not too pious or that don't use words difficult to understand, and yet are also profound and informative. I have discovered one and want to recommend it to everyone - "Jesus our Brother - the Humanity of the Lord" by Fr Wilfrid...

C21 Online, is from Boston College. I have been following their material for awhile, hoping to take some courses for my own education. But,  "Death of Jesus: Four Gospel Accounts" is free, and could not be better timed, with Lent so close. We all have read or heard...

An Open Letter to the U.S. Catholic  Bishops on the Forthcoming Missal ANTHONY RUFF | FEBRUARY 14, 2011 Your Eminences, Your Excellencies,  With a heavy heart, I have recently made a difficult decision concerning the new English missal. I have decided to withdraw from...

English translation of the Missal It is 10 years since Pope John Paul II called for a revised English translation of the Roman Missal. But as anglophone Catholics prepare for its introduction there is grave disquiet about its rendering of a usable and sacred...

The recent elections in USA saw the rapid rise of a new party in USA. Although it was linked with the Republican Party, many Republican leaders openly disagreed with Tea Partiers. However, they did not do so for moral reasons. I would like to address some of these....

BISHOP ROBINSON’S ADDRESS TO AUSTRALIAN CLERGY ABUSE, REPARATION AND PREVENTION CONFERENCE From Brian Coyne Let me try and summarise what Bishop Robinson had to say. He is putting forward a check-list of twelve major points that he believes need to be addressed by the...

The reforms of the Second 'Vatican Council provided a variety in liturgy that we had not had since before the Council of Trent. In our seminary training we were taught about fitting in the various parts of the Liturgy to suit the particular theme of the Mass, whether...

I am back in St Thomas More’s for the month of August, always happy to be back with you. It is the one stronghold for me as I spend the year wandering from place to place! Since we have the Feast of the Assumption of Mary in the middle of the month, and since this...

Science and Religion 2010-04-18 In certain circles it is believed that science trumps religion. The idea is simple and uncompromising: Religion cannot stand up to science. The hard facts of science ultimately render faith untenable. Coupled with this is the idea that...

Thine Is the Kingdom  CHRISTIANITY The First Three Thousand Years By Diarmaid MacCulloch Illustrated. 1,161 pp. Viking. $45 By JON MEACHAM Published: April 1, 2010 It is only a brief moment, a seemingly inconclusive ­exchange in the midst of one of the most...