The hardest-hit areas in the central Phillipines have no water, food or electricity.

On the heels of my most recent America column Signal Noise which dealt with social media obsession a friend sent me an essay from last week 39 s New York Times nbsp titled quot Looking for Intimacy in the Age of Facebook quot It 39 s a fascinating read In the piece Andrew Reiner--who teach

Was this 19-year-old girl in Detroit killed by paranoia Add in housing expenses and U S poverty is worse than current measure suggests Cardinal Dolan 39 s letter to Congress pushing immigration reform mdash again mdash gets noticed by the Wall Street Journal As Bishop Meet Hopes Are Raised and t

The annual bishops meeting in Baltimore next week is already notable for a few reasons It is the last meeting that will be led by outgoing President New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan A new president will be elected widely expected to be the conference Vice President nbsp Louisville Archbishop Josep

Tadeusz Mazowiecki the Catholic activist and intellectual who ushered Poland out of communism died October 28 at 86 In his wake he left a democratic Poland with one of Europe rsquo s most vibrant economies and a model for political leadership in times of change mdash one he based on his Catholic

In a November 7 letter addressed to Speaker of the House John Boehner Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York president of the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops called upon members of the House of Representatives to address immigration reform legislation ldquo as soon as possible ideally prior to