Thank goodness for Youtube among other graces in the papal visit so that we can hear President George W Bush utter what are sure to be oft-quoted words addressed to the Vicar of Christ Thank you Your Holiness Awesome speech The response of the Successor to St Peter is not audible Ja

Here s my take over at A Papal Discussion on the pope s landmark speech to the U S Bishops on a variety of topics including the abuse crisis Benedict and the bishops See if you agree James Martin SJ

As a product of Jesuit education who has dedicated his professional life to working in an international humanitarian agency of the Church I ve taken particular inspiration from Pope Benedict XVI s encyclicals I was particularly struck by how the Holy Father described charitable works as bein

The late Thomas Clarke SJ once suggested to me that one of the most important questions we should ask in our quest for understanding is What time is it I ve been thinking about Tom s comment as Pope Benedict XVI begins his first visit as pontiff to the United States and remembering the fir

I told you so but I did Back in the third week of January http americamagazine org blog entry cfm blog id 2 id 9D26AE9A-3048-887F-8F45813D8C1D5293 I urged Barack Obama to introduce a family friendly approach to immigration reform This would perfectly illustrate the kind of transformative lea

Pope Benedict has arrived here in the Imperial City of Washington and all manner of road closings and television specials have been announced But the quietest notice came at the gym this morning I work out at the Catholic University gym and there were no pick-up games of basketball The main gy