Big news from the CNS blog nbsp below nbsp by Francis X Rocca on the Pope 39 s announcement of a committee to begin the reform of the Roman Curia and the announcement in L 39 Osservatore Romano nbsp of the move to revise the Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus From CNS The Vatican Secretaria

I 39 ve been surprised lately by some people 39 s lack of faith that any change for the better is possible in the church a stance that seems in contradiction to the Easter message nbsp Here then is the way that Easter would have gone down with that attitude On the evening of that first day of

As some of our readers know we are posting weekly archive articles to www conciliaria com a Web site that is tracking the developments of Vatican II as they happened 50 years ago America readers may find these archive articles of interest so when appropriate we will also post them here to the b

This blog post on the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic was posted in April of last year Today is the 101th anniversary of the sinking In nbsp April of nbsp 1912 America had just celebrated its third year of publication Today we have reposted the editorial that appeared in our issue of

Here 39 s Kirsten Powers at USA Today wading through the incomprehensible horror show that is the Kermit Gosnell story in Philadelphia and wondering why there is quot precious little coverage of the case that should be on every news show and front page quot It 39 s easy to understand why any hu

In the excerpt below from the White House transcript of the posthumous presentation of the medal of honor to Father Emil Kapaun President Obama recounts the remarkable story of the chaplain 39 s valor before during and after his capture by Chinese forces in North Korea quot I can 39 t imagine