In a wide-ranging conversation on Feb 21 1973, the Rev. Billy Graham and President Richard Nixon discuss American Catholics and the Jesuits, among other topics.

Rarely is cynicism an appropriate moral stance But now is one of those rarities Yesterday afternoon the important news about developments in Iran where some analysts believe elements of the Republican Guard have effectively taken over control of the country from the mullahs one analyst used th

Michael Peppard recently graduated from Yale Divinity School and assuming his post as a professor of theology at Fordham has a must-read article in the current issue of Commonweal magazine Back in December Peppard wrote an article about reports of religious abuse at Guantanamo Bay Now with the

The Hudson River what some call ldquo America rsquo s River rdquo is center stage this year It is the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson rsquo s discovery and to celebrate the Hudson River Valley is providing a sensory and cultural feast Ships no strangers to the river are in even greater num

Pope Benedict XVI will receive President Barack Obama in audience at the Vatican on July 10 Let the gnashing of teeth begin Admit it wasn rsquo t your first impulse to call Dr Mary Ann Glendon and ask If you were still the ambassador would you show up or would you boycott The Cardinal Newma

In case you missed it on our home page here is Douglas W Kmiec s insightful essay on stem cells and church teaching Among the questions Professor Kmiec addresses is where the line of personhood should be drawn Scientists and ethicists challenge the pro-life office rsquo s proposition that the