We often begin summer with reading recommendations but rarely do we check back in to see what folks actually read So with Labor Day just a few days a way I want to share two books I enjoyed this summer I hope you ll add your favorites below Dissolution by C J Sansom sat unread on my Kindle fo

Just posted online a moving account of how one Catholic mother of four dealt with the death with her husband on 9 11 A fine reporting and writing job by Kerry Weber As Patty Fallone and a friend walked down Park Avenue in New York on a sunny September morning they were stopped by a stranger ld

Recently a N Y Times Magazine cover story described a pregnant woman rsquo s decision to select i e destroy by fatal injection one of the fetal twins she was carrying nbsp nbsp Her doctor approved her choice since with her other children and her age she did not want to care for more than one

As everyone who follows conflicts in the church knows there has been a nasty fight going on between some members of the hierarchy and the majority of professional Catholic theologians mdash those who teach the university courses and write the articles for mainstream or liberal Catholic periodicals

Today, often enough, even with two-family earners, many parents barely earn sufficient money to support their families.

This past summer I had the good fortune of working as an intern at America Magazine One of the many unique things about America is that it is more than just a periodical -- it is a ministry of the Society of Jesus carried on for over 100 years by both Jesuits and a host of lay editors and contribu