For the first time since 2000 the child poverty rate has declined.

Describing himself as ldquo beyond surprised rdquo by his appointment to the Archdiocese of Chicago Spokane Bishop Blase Cupich pledged to work with people of faith to ldquo serve the common good rdquo and continue efforts to promote healing in a church community wounded by the sex abuse crisis

Bishop Blase Cupich the newly appointed archbishop of Chicago is a longtime contributor to America nbsp Readers of the magazine and our website will know him for his many pastoral thoughtful and forthright articles that have appeared over the years nbsp Here a few from recent years with some

While in my Jesuit training I spent three years teaching high school at Red Cloud Indian School on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwest South Dakota You 39 ve probably heard of Pine Ridge the New York Times and Washington Post love to send reporters out for week-long jaunts after which

Pope Francis on Saturday will name Bishop Blase Cupich of Spokane Wash a prelate closely identified with the Catholic Church rsquo s progressive wing to be the next archbishop of Chicago according to news reports and multiple church sources It is the pontiff rsquo s most important U S appointm

Pope Francis is going to Albania on Sunday Sept 21 It is his first visit to a European country and he has chosen to go to the only majority Muslim country on the periphery of the old continent where Christians and Muslims who suffered under communism now live together in harmony and have formed