Two regional directors of the Legionaries of Christ -- which is not quite the same as their Director General -- have apologised to the sexual abuse victims of the organisation s founder Fr Marcial Maciel Degollado and say that the Legion is on a long road of healing and reconciliation with those

Jim Fisher is a professor of history at Fordham University and author of the forethcoming On The Irish Waterfront In the latest video produced by americamagazine org Jim reports from the banks of the Hudson River in New York City where he tells the story of the Jesuit labor priests and the making

The editor of a widely-read Italian daily newspaper owned by the bishops has resigned after a week of vitriolic attacks on him by powerful relatives and allies of Silvio Berlusconi the erratic authoritarian 72-year-old premier Dino Boffo s crime was to have criticised in the pages of Avvenire B

Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City Kansas and Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City Missouri issued a joint pastoral letter on health care reform yesterday The text has caused quite a bit of controversy already because it deviates so starkly from the statements coming from the Bishops rsquo Co

Boston rsquo s Cardinal Sean O rsquo Malley usually puts up his weekly blog entry on Friday afternoon But Wednesday night he put up his thoughts about the funeral for Sen Kennedy and the controversy his own participation caused You can read the Cardinal rsquo s reflections here

Washington rsquo s Archbishop Donald Wuerl is confronting the City Council rsquo s push to legalize same-sex marriage He sent a letter to his clergy re-iterating the Church rsquo s position on the uniqueness and importance of traditional marriage gave a set of interviews and is joining hands with