Last week was I thought President Obama rsquo s best week The proverbial split-screen of television news had him traveling the Midwest visiting factories sleeves rolled up talking up the beginnings of the economic recovery that is restoring consumer confidence and hopefully soon will bring d

A little more than a week after Gov Jan Brewer signed Arizona s controversial new immigration law Cardinal Roger M Mahony spoke on the moral imperative of immigration reform last night at Fordham University The event was sponsored by America and Fordham s Center on Religion and Culture At the

H T to my friend and former colleague Kevin Canfield for calling my attention to today s release of the latest album from the Hold Steady Heaven is Whenever Such an occasion should not go unnoticed so here is the early review from the Washington Post The spirituality inherent in the concert ex

The eight UN Millennial Goals were unveiled with great splash and fanfare in 2000 with 189 UN member states formally endorsing them as a sort of solemn covenant The eight goals encapsulated previously agreed upon targets from a number of special UN sessions on international development With the

This week s cover story looks at Matteo Ricci the Jesuit missionary to China in honor of the 400th anniversary of his death In conjunction with that article we have reprinted Matteo Ricci s Lesson to a Modern Missionary from 1996 Mark White a Jesuit novice at the time reflected on Ricci s l

HIV-positive prisoners in two southern states Alabama and South Carolina face daily stigma and harassment because of their status According to an April joint report by the ACLU and Human Rights Watch titled ldquo Sentenced to Stigma rdquo inmates in HIV units are forced to wear armbands or ot