As the occasional wag has said The New York Times is fascinated by the Catholic Church because it cannot imagine any other institution that claims infallibility That came to mind October 26 when columnist Ross Douthat cavalierly suggested that Catholics help Pope Francis exercise his Petrine minis

Sister Mary Prudence Allen R S M is an American Catholic philosopher and member of the Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma Michigan A member of the Catholic chaplaincy team at Lancaster University in England since November 2013 Sister Prudence was previously chair of the philosophy department a

Christian politicians have obligation to work not just for the "hard-working middle class," but also for the immigrants, poor, unemployed, underpaid and homeless.

Why does so much of Pope Francis 39 speech seem to be haunted by the Devil quot For Francis the Devil is not a myth but a real person quot explains Father Thomas Rosica C S B of Salt and Light TV in a new video that is part of nbsp The Living Word collaboration between America nbsp and th

Cardinal Francis George O M I of Chicago gives up pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Chicago on Nov 18 when Archbishop Blase Cupich becomes Chicago rsquo s next episcopal leader Here is an e-mail Q amp A that Cardinal George a member of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate O M I granted t

In the Service of the Word The Catholic Media amp The New EvangelizationA symposium to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Decree on Social Communications of the Second Vatican Council nbsp Co-sponsored by America nbsp and Saint Joseph rsquo s Seminary and College nbsp When December 13 2013 nbsp W