VATICAN CITY –In the midst of a protest by a small number of Orthodox monks and faithful, the official Catholic-Orthodox dialogue commission met in Cyprus Oct. 16-23.Read More

VATICAN CITY – The greed, corruption and unjust economic structures fomenting conflict and poverty in Africa must be overcome through the united cooperation of all people of good will, said the Synod of Bishops for Africa.Read More

UNITED NATIONS – In a time of economic crisis, the challenges of indigenous people should not be forgotten, the Vatican’s nuncio to the United Nations told a U.N. committee Oct. 19.Read More

NEW ORLEANS – Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople opened a symposium on the environmental challenges in the Mississippi River region Oct. 21 by reasserting the role people of faith play in caring for the earth’s resources.Read More

Markus Massimini’s brief cross country career for Cardinal Gibbons might not include a first-place finish, but that hardly means that he hasn’t been a winner for the Crusaders and his community.Read More

Tom Gibbons’ journey into the Paulist religious community began with a broken video camera.Read More

Sociologists of religion Robert Putman and David Campbell recently shared with me some initial findings about Latinos and the Catholic Church from their massive study of religion in the United States still in progress. Their closing remark was: “Just as financial observers often speak of ‘leading indicators’ to gauge the state of the economy, we...Read More

There have been a few instances where I had the honor and pleasure of seeing a sneak preview of a movie before it was released in theaters. A few years back, one of those movies included “The Nativity Story.”Read More