From the stones of this sacred building and from across the centuries Jesus proclaims ldquo I am alive rdquo said Matt Malone S J editor in chief of America in a live-streamed homily on March 17 from St Patrick rsquo s Cathedral in New York City in celebration of the patron of Ireland and
This is the second installment in a series of posts on Pope Francis as we look forward to the first anniversary of his election on March 13 The first entry quot Francis Far More than Show quot looks at how Francis is dramatically reshaping the papacy through his 1 his choice of advisers and 2
Pew Research says it can 39 t tease out a discernable Pope ldquo Francis effect rdquo in the behavior of American Catholics but maybe it needs to look beyond its telephone surveys Talking to some vocation directors might make a good start Jesuit vocations officers for instance are reporting
To all the doubters who asked whether Pope Francis would prove to be all style and no substance the answer is in This highly popular innovative pope means business For sure he is the master of both grand and spontaneous gestures His request for prayers before his first blessing was a grand pu
Miriam Weeks the daughter of a doctor in Spokane now a freshman at Duke University hopes to ldquo screw her way all the way to graduation rdquo Now do I have your attention I love newspapers I read four every day My father wrote editorials for The Trenton Times and four other dailies includi
The U S Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Migration joined by bishops on the border will travel to Nogales Arizona March 30-April 1 to tour the U S -Mexico border and celebrate Mass on behalf of the close to 6 000 migrants who have died in the U S desert since 1998 According to the