America mourns the passing of our beloved colleague and friend Fr John Kavanaugh S J who died yesterday in Saint Louis MO following a long illness Fr Kavanaugh was a distinguished scholar prolific author and dedicated Jesuit priest He was a contributor to our pages for more than forty year

ldquo It rsquo s all about Manhattan rdquo Nora McDermott told the New York Times as she stood in a relief center last week nbsp Ms McDermott lives in the Rockaways section of New York City which was devastated by Hurricane Sandy and her expression of frustration in the midst of a continuing

Just posted to our site Mark O rsquo Brien contracted polio at the age of 6 and was confined to an iron lung for most of his life Despite this he managed to study at U C -Berkeley navigate campus in an electric gurney and become a working journalist Mark was also a Catholic and a man who longe

Some Catholic thinkers leaders and even bishops have seemingly implied that voting for former Governor Mitt Romney is the only viable option for Catholic voters of good conscience But is it this true When Catholics go to the polls there is simply never a perfect choice As has long been the cas

In this weekend s New York Times dance critic Alastair Macaulay introduces readers to jookin If you are not familiar with this form of urban dancing performance art it is well worth checking out Macaulay s article is nbsp here And here is jookin master Lil Buck with Yo-Yo Ma performing The Sw

Cambridge MA The semester is rolling along Harvard a particularly busy university has a constant flow of speakers and events In my small corner of the university the Divinity School and more specifically the Center for the Study of World Religions we have had some very interesting speakers