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The Downsizing of Stories - Weekly commentary
When Priests Leave the Church
How common is Alberto Cutié’s journey to Protestant ministry?
Health Care Round-Up
The New Breed
From May 23, 1964
The Pope's Call for Charity
An examination of Benedict XVI's encyclical on the economy
Deacon Dialogues
The discussion continues
Berrigan and the Peace Movement
Embryonic Confusion
Understanding church teaching on stem cell research
Stonewalled
A humanitarian trip runs aground in Gaza
Barack Obama and Vatican II
The president's persona and the spirit of the council
The New Man in Westminster
Introducing Archbishop Vincent Nichols
Church and the Nutmeg State
What was behind the church-state clash in Connecticut?
The Case for Empathy
Why a much-maligned value is a crucial qualification for the Supreme Court
Catholics and Obama
Can the church work with the new administration?
Once Every Hundred Years
Reporting from our Centennial Mass
The Infallibity Debate
From July 7, 1973
The Waters of Life
From 2003: a bishop on the spiritual power of rivers
America's First Issue
Scroll through the pages of our inaugural edition.
The Death of Gandhi
From 1948: In Gandhi's death, memories of Abraham Lincoln's tragedy
March 16 Podcast - The End of Catholic Health Care?
March 9 Podcast - Women in Parish Leadership
March 2 Podcast - Travel Tales
Barry Levinson's 'Diner'
From May 8, 1982
Along the Camino
A slide show of the famous Spanish pilgrimage
February 23 Podcast - Oscar Race 2008
After Election Day
How can Catholics engage the new Democratic majority?
Mary and the Feminist Movement
From December 18, 1993
America Authors
William J. O'Malley, S.J.
February 16 Podcast - The Radical Roots of the Pro-Life Movement
After Election Day
How can Catholics engage the new Democratic majority?
The Motown Beat
Video clips from Hitsville, U.S.A.
A Disconcerting Thing
From October 4, 1997
After Election Day
How can Catholics engage the new Democratic majority?
Our Readers on Joe McCarthy
From April 17, 1954
February 9 Podcast - The Spirituality of 'Lost'
Catholic Business School Grads
Profiles of notable industry leaders
February 2 Podcast - Greg Kandra on Blogging
A Disconcerting Thing
From October 4, 1997
December 8 Podcast - The Fantasy Films of 2008
Vatican II: Early Appraisal
From March 9, 1963
January 19-26 - Xavier: Missionary and Saint
Vatican II: Early Appraisal
From March 9, 1963
Video Advice for Barack Obama
Future Imperfect
The TV season in sci-fi
The Art of George Tooker
A slideshow looking at the artist's long career
The Partition of India
From Summer 1947
The Devil You Know
In Conor McPherson's 'The Seafarer,' Satan stops by for a card game.
Future Imperfect
The TV season in sci-fi
The Mosaics of Marko Rupnik
A video and photo gallery
January 5 -12 - America's New Look
Yet There Is Movement
From September 21, 1996
The Birth of a Christmas Classic
From December 28, 1929
The First Catholic School
From December 21, 1929
Painting the Word
The wondrous biblical art of Marc Chagall
December 22-29 Podcast - Tony Blair on Faith & Globalization
The Devil You Know
In Conor McPherson's 'The Seafarer,' Satan stops by for a card game.
Uncertain Sympathies
John Patrick Shanley's 'Doubt'
The Legacy of Avery Dulles, S.J.
December 15 Podcast - Pius XII & The Nazis
Sister Thea Bowman (1937-1990)
From April 28, 1990
More Than A Scary Face
The moral and spiritual force of George Tooker's art
December 8 Podcast - The Fantasy Films of 2008
Germany’s Race Religion
From September 29, 1934
Praying with Icons
December 1 Podcast - John Dear's Struggle for Peace
America on the U.N. & Human Rights
From 1948
Painting the Word
The wondrous biblical art of Marc Chagall
November 24 Podcast - The Music of Olivier Messiaen
A Glimpse of the New Feminism
From July 6, 1996
Defending Community Organizers
Don't be misled about the Catholic Campaign for Human Development
The Art of Georges Rouault
A video and a slideshow
Willy Loman's Sons
'Mad Men' and the demise of the American Dream
November 17 Podcast - Therese J. Borchard on Battling Depression
Reviewing 'A Man for All Seasons'
America on the original play and the 1966 film
Dissecting 'A Man for All Seasons' - America Video
November 10 Podcast - One Church Celebrates the Pauline Year
A Sit Down with St. Paul - America Video
In the Steps of Saint Paul
A slideshow of Pauline pilgrimage sites
'America' and the Sacred Heart
From May 26,1956
November 3 Podcast - John W. O'Malley, S.J., on Vatican II
J. F. Powers, R.I.P.
From July 17, 1999
A Guide for the Perplexed Voter
Lessons and temptations
October 27 Podcast - America's Colorful History
Abortion & Politics
From October 25, 2004
The Myths of Drug Legalization
From March 16, 1996
A Classroom of the Heart
The surprising lessons of a summer spent playing ultimate frisbee
Pigskin and Parchment
From October 12, 1929
A Ring Requiem
From April 21, 1962
October 20 Podcast - Dave Anderson's Life in Sports
Immigration's Dark History
From February 18, 1995
Questions for the Candidates II
The financial crisis and other pressing domestic issues
October 6 Podcast - Kathleen Norris on The Noonday Demon
What Theology Is and Is Not
From June 8, 1996
Love Sounds
Elvis Presley, John Paul II and the truth about rock ‘n roll
Questions for the Candidates
What should American foreign policy look like?
September 29 Podcast - The Synod on the Word of God
The Council and The Word
From February 26, 1966
The Catholic Imagination of Bruce Springsteen
From February 6, 1988
September 22 Podcast - Mark Stricherz on the Catholic Bosses
Barack Obama and Abortion
A response to John Kavanaugh, S.J.
Religion and Science in Dialogue
From February 7, 2005
Visions of Justice
Cinemax's 'Portraits of a Lady,' reviewed
Debating 'Souled Out' III
Faith, feeling & the GOP
Sept. 15 Podcast - Donna Freitas on Young Adult Fiction
Sept. 8 Podcast - Uwe E. Reinhardt on Health Care Reform
Religious Oppression in Mexico
From December 4, 1915
Barack Obama and Abortion
A response to John Kavanaugh, S.J.
An Interview with Miguel d'Escoto
From November 16, 1985
Sept. 1 Podcast - The Life of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Debating 'Souled Out' II
Are the Democrats expanding their tent?
Debating 'Souled Out'
Religion, politics and the Democratic party
Shrouded in Mystery
From July 5, 2004
God & 'The Dark Knight'
The surprising religious imagery at the heart of Christopher Nolan's blockbuster
August 18-25 Podcast - Forgiving Priests Guilty of Abuse
Our Lady of Purification
A slideshow of the restored church
'Humanae Vitae' 25 Years Later
From July 17, 1993
Caring for PVS Patients
Two ethicists consider the church's teaching
Technical Difficulty
The Diabolical Plot
From April 19, 1933
The Legacy of Avery Dulles, S.J.
August 4-11 Podcast - Austen Ivereigh on Lourdes & Lambeth
Raising Money for the Pope
From February 27, 1988
Young Adult Catholics
From March 27, 1999
July 21-28 Podcast - Chris Korzen on the Common Good
The Theology of Food
Biblical Scholarship 50 years After Divino Afflante Spiritu
From September 18, 1993
Q&A with Jennifer Fulwiler
Responding to readers' questions
July 7-14 Podcast - Ron Hansen on Exiles
June 23-30 Podcast - Courting the Latino Vote
A Moment for Peacemaking
From May 21, 1983
On Religious Liberty
From November 30, 1963
We Meet Again, Dr. Jones
June 9-16 Podcast - Foley Award Winner Michael Suarez
The Art of Olafur Eliasson
The Jesuits of Baghdad
From May 26, 2003
May 26-June 2 Podcast - A History of the New York Church
Red State Blues
The Florida recount and the perils of pluralism
May 26-June 2 Podcast - A History of the New York Church
Mass Without the Consecration?
From May 12, 2003
The Church in America As Viewed By Belloc
From September 18, 1937
America's First Issue
A Christian Community: Toward a Third Millennium
From May 2, 1998
May 12-19 Podcast - Playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis
America on Darwin
From April 1909 & January 1910
April 28 Podcast - Top Ten Catholic Novels
A Man for All Seasons
'John Adams: Parts VI & VII,' reviewed
May 5 Podcast - David Gibson on the Pope's Visit
Animals in Distress
Benedict in America
The Enduring Problems of Religious Liberty
From November 30, 1985
April 21 Podcast - 'Sex and the Soul'
The Legacy of Avery Dulles, S.J.
A Labor of Love
A reflection on Cardinal Avery Dulles' McGinley lectures
April 14 Podcast - America's Centennial Begins
A Man for All Seasons
'John Adams: Parts VI & VII,' reviewed
Return from Russia
From March 28, 1964
A Man for All Seasons
'John Adams: Parts VI & VII,' reviewed
John Tracy Ellis and Catholic Intellectual Life
From June 3, 1995
A Man for All Seasons
'John Adams: Parts VI & VII,' reviewed
March 31-April 7 Podcast - The Power of Forgiveness
A Man for All Seasons
'John Adams: Parts VI & VII,' reviewed
A Man for All Seasons
'John Adams: Parts VI & VII,' reviewed
March 24 Podcast - Remembering Oscar Romero
Paul VI's Populorum Progressio
From April 1967
Paul VI's Populorum Progressio
From April 1967
A Meditation on Death and Life
From November 28, 1987
March 17 Podcast - Roger Haight on Catholic Theology Since Vatican II
Debating 'The Boys from Dolores' II
Civil society in Cuba, and the future of a stormy relationship
Debating 'The Boys from Dolores'
A journalist examines Fidel Castro's formative years
March 10 Podcast - On Catholic Poetry
Caring for the Elderly
From January 30, 2006
Understanding Reconciliation
From March 7, 1992
Five Minutes With the Pope
From September 19, 1987
March 3 Podcast - Best Picture Roundup II
Praying with Art
February 25 Podcast - Best Picture Roundup I
The Lesson of Lourdes
From January 18, 1958
Pilgrimage to Chimayo
February 18 Podcast - Jesuit Mission in Nigeria
The Legacy of the Schiavo Case
From June 6, 2005
Bob Dylan Is Not Dead
Todd Haynes chases an elusive legend in 'I'm Not There'
The First Political Casualty of 2008
The near death of conventional wisdom
February 11 Podcast - Sidney Callahan on the Meaning of Suffering
On Loving Lent
From March 30, 1985
Khmer Rouge: Bleak Utopia
From August 2, 1975
The Art of Alfonse Borysewicz
February 4 Podcast - Entering the Jesuits During a Time of Scandal
Hipster Orthodoxy
The rock 'n roll theology of Craig Finn & The Hold Steady
Hitler and the Jesuits
From November 4, 1944
January 21-28 Podcast - John Paris, S.J., on Bioethical Dilemmas
The Jesuits' Congregation: A Historical View
From November 19, 1983
Foley Poetry Contest
$1,000 Cash Prize
January 7-14 Podcast - Maureen O'Connell on Religious Street Murals
The Draft: An Occasion of Sin?
From August 9, 1980
His Dark Materials, Indeed
Is 'The Golden Compass' anti-Catholic?
America Essay Contest
Making the case for God
The Conversion of Tony Blair
December 24-31 Podcast - Fr. Jim Martin Reflects on Christmas
The Church and the Fiction Writer
From March 30. 1957
Christmas Reading Picks
Gift ideas from America's editors
December 17 Podcast - 'Havin' A Laff' with Jim McDermott, S.J.
Kennedy on the Campaign Trail
From May 21, 1960
Pope Benedict on Hope
Considering the pope's new encylical
December 10 Podcast - Leo O'Donovan, S.J. on Rembrandt
Carl Sagan's Gospel of Scientism
From February 7, 1981
December 3 Podcast - Matt Malone, S.J. on the Bishops' Meeting
The Clintons & Health Care
From November 27, 1993
Debating 'The Stillborn God' II
Augustine, the Catholic Middle ages and religion in America
Debating 'The Stillborn God'
Is Mark Lilla right about religion?
November 26 Podcast - A Conversation with George Anderson, S.J.
Technical Difficulties
The Election of Father Kolvenbach
From October 8, 1983
Catholic Fundraising
From December 23, 2000
November 12-19 Podcast - Bill McGarvey on Bruce Springsteen
Don Pedro in History
From February 16, 1991
November 5 Podcast - John W. O'Malley, S.J. on Vatican II
Catholics and Politics
From election season 2004
On Dying Well
From July 29, 2000
Perspectives of an Indian Convert
From July 31, 1993
October 29 Podcast - Karen Sue Smith on Japan
Healing after the Sexual Abuse Crisis
From April 22, 2002
Six Questions for Virginia Lucey
October 22 Podcast - What's Good on TV
Into the Theater
A review of Sean Penn's 'Into the Wild'
A Look at Postwar Japan
From Spring 1947
Victory of the Auto Workers
From November 28, 1970
The Alternative in Iran
From December 23, 1978
October 15 Podcast - Matt Malone, S.J., on Iraq
The Jews and Vatican II
From November 30, 1963
October 8 Podcast - Audio Book Club: Be Near Me
October 1 Podcast - Talking Fall Books
The Mystery of Bernard Lonergan
From October 11, 2004
The Case Against Perfection III
Michael Sandel, Darth Vader and the quest for eternal youth
The Case Against Perfection II
Distinguishing between therapy and enhancement
The Case Against Perfection
Sept. 24 Podcast - Mother Teresa's Spiritual Struggles
On Mother Teresa and Lady Di
From October 4, 1997
Fr. James Martin on "Colbert"
Sept. 17 Podcast - A conversation with James Martin, S.J.
The Imagination of Jesus
From December 20, 1975
Debating "The Camden 28" II
Activist nuns, punk rock and the demise of the Catholic Left
Debating "The Camden 28"
A scholar and an activist discuss a new film about the Catholic Left
September 10 Podcast - Conversations with Jim Keane and Fr. Jim DiGiacomo
Little Gray Cells
From May 30, 2005
Open House Ends
Dominus Iesus & Ecumenism
From October 28, 2000
Special $12 Offer
August 27-Sept. 3 Podcast - A conversation with John Coleman, S.J.
The Contemporary Person & the Church
From July 30, 2001
August 13-20 Podcast - A conversation with Fr. Joseph O'Hare
Five Questions for Andrew Greeley
Alarm Bells in the East
From September 11, 2006
July 30-August 6 Podcast - A conversation with Grant Gallicho
Fathering an Adolescent Boy
From June 4, 1988
Six Questions for Vincent Gragnani
July 16-23 Podcast - A conversation with Fr. Drew Christiansen
Religion in the Emerald Tiger
From March 12, 2001
July 2-9 Podcast - A conversation with Terry Golway
Open House
June 18-25 Podcast - A conversation with Fr. James McDermott
June 4-11 Podcast - A conversation with Patricia A. Kossmann
