Mississippi is the most religious state in the country and New England is the least religious region this according to Gallup s recently released findings nbsp nbsp Gallup concludes America remains a generally religious nation with more than two-thirds of the nation s residents classified as

I am happy to report that the legendary director Martin Scorsese reads America mdash or at least the February 27 issue which featured an essay on his work by Father Robert Lauder Mr Scorsese writes to correct an oft-quoted remark that it turns out has been misattributed to his former film teach

Michael C McCarthy of Santa Clara University offers a thoughtful response to Rick Santorum s recent remarks on higher education From The Jesuit Post People lose their faith in college Or so Senator Rick Santorum believes if his bold and intemperate statements of a few of weeks ago are taken at f

Last week I was in Berkeley California for the Occupy Faith National Gathering coordinated by the Interfaith Tent at Occupy Oakland I was one of six from Occupy Faith NYC Occupy Wall Street and our delegation was a small part of over 60 conference participants from some fourteen Occupations ar

However uncomfortable has been their association of late the U S C C B and the Department of Health and Human Services have been partners in millions of dollars in federally funded social services and over the past year or so on one court docket Now a U S District Court decision in Massachusett

In January 2011 William Byron S J wrote a much discussed article for America making the case for exit interviews of lapsed Catholics Bishop David O Connell of the Diocese of Trenton was intrigued by the idea and commissioned Fr Byron and Charles Zech of Villanova University to conduct just