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It’s hitting me right about now that I’ll be in Madrid, surrounded not only by the city’s resident, but more than a million of the world’s young Catholics. I’ve had two years to prepare for this trip and I’m flabbergasted that it’s pretty much here. I keep trying to visualize it and I can’t. I’ve […]

Father James Martin doesn’t like saying he has “fans” on Facebook. But, such is the case for the popular Jesuit who came to Baltimore last week to address people at St. Ignatius parish. Father Martin uses all forms of social media, including Facebook and Twitter, to communicate to people about the faith. I asked Father […]

One of my favorite things to do at my job at The Catholic Review is visit principals at their offices. Most young children would look at me strange if I were to tell them that and say “You like going to the principal’s office?” Yes, yes I do. The reason is simple: Sister of Notre […]

St. Ignatius of Loyola at prayer in Rome. (Father William Hart McNichols) In honor of today’s Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola – founder of the Jesuits – here’s a video clip of Father James Martin, S.J. sharing some of his favorite Jesuit jokes. It’s taken from the priest-author’s July 29 talk at St. Ignatius in […]

Father James Martin, S.J. Being a faithful Catholic doesn’t mean you have to be a joyless one. New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan knows that. When Archbishop Dolan was installed to his post in the Big Apple, an enterprising reporter asked the newcomer if there was anything he would like to condemn. Archbishop Dolan responded in […]

When it comes to priests, they don’t make them much cooler than Jesuit Father James Martin of America Magazine. He’s become famous for his appearances on The Colbert Report with comedian Stephen Colbert and his books, My Life with the Saints and A Jesuit Guide To (Almost) Everything. Colbert, a catechist at his home parish, […]

BANGKOK – An ailing priest who is one of Vietnam’s most well-known democracy activists has been returned to prison, more than a year after he was sent home to seek treatment for a brain tumor, a prison official said.

UPDATE, July 28: Catholic News Service reports that Archbishop Pietro Sambi passed away July 27, apparently from complications from lung surgery three weeks ago. Archbishop Pietro Sambi, the papal nuncio to the United States, has been placed on assisted ventilation after “delicate lung surgery” according to Catholic News Service. The Baltimore Sun reported today that […]

This is just too cool not to share. Father Austin Murphy, director of vocations for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, delivered this homily to young people attending the High School Leadership Institute. Few priests can weave messages of Harry Potter and Jesus so effortlessly.