A new report from the World Bank urges greater access for Palestinians in the Occupied Territories to land in Area C More than half the land in the West Bank much of it agricultural and resource rich is inaccessible to Palestinians The first comprehensive study of the potential impact of this q

As mid-semester approaches a number of articles have dealt with the scandals shame and occasional successes in American education Start with football Sports Illustrated 9 15 opened a series called ldquo The Money rdquo by George Dohrman and Thayer Evans documenting the corruption in big col

Pope Francis is continuing his informal outreach to gay and lesbian Catholics hat tip Daily Dish and despite his apparent comfort with modern social media and its dizzying gadgetry he is apparently still happy to make use of old-school communication tools Pope Francis turned to pen and paper

Archbishop Dominique Mamberti Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See spoke on Wednesday regarding Vatican financial transparency and presented new legislation in the Vatican rsquo s financial laws to reduce any chance of money laundering or the financing of terrorism In his general au

Columnist Bill McGarvey blogs on a new venture from Paul Elie, author of 'The Life You Save May Be Your Own'

In this guest blog post David J O rsquo Brien responds to ldquo Murray rsquo s Mistake rdquo by Michael Baxter 9 24 Professor O rsquo Brien taught American Catholic history for nearly 40 years at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester Mass and most recently served as a visiting distin