Escaping the summer heat and entering through the oversized wooden doors of St. Ignatius Church, incoming…
Month: November 2013
Suspicious Fires Damage Theology Department, Gasson Hall
On Saturday, November 9, at approximately 9:45pm, Boston College police received reports of small fires in…
BC Professor and Former President of Ireland: Collegiality and Church Leadership
On November 7, 2013, Mary McAleese, former president of Ireland and a canon lawyer, engaged in…
Decreases in Religious Life Prompt Possible Canon Law Reform
At a conference regarding “vocational perseverance” hosted at the Pontifical University Antonianum in Rome on October…
Catholic and Orthodox Theologians Jointly Ask for an End to Christian Repression in the Middle East
The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation Conference, a group of theologians assigned by the Canonical Orthodox…
Most Rev. Joseph E. Kurtz becomes President of USCCB
The Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky, Joseph E. Kurtz, has been chosen to succeed Timothy Cardinal Dolan…
Devil’s Advocate: The Great Equalizers
Death is a word everyone shudders at the thought of, yet isn’t too comfortable speaking about…
Liturgy: The Feasts of Hallowmas
The Western Church ends October and begins November with the Hallowmas Triduum, three days in which…
The Vatican Releases Statement on Gatherings Related to Medjugorje
Earlier this month, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) released a statement on…
Pope Francis Brings Attention to the Global Issue of Human Trafficking
Pope Francis held a Vatican workshop on November 2-3 called “Trafficking in Human Beings: Modern Slavery.”…