Millions of people on the East Coast of the U S are frightened as Hurricane Sandy makes landfall today Frightened of many things terrible damage from the wind and water especially the surging recor d-breaking tides widespread power outages that may last for days the potential loss of potable

Creator God, we ask you to calm the wind and the waves of the approaching hurricane, and spare those in its path from harm.

Cambridge MA As readers know I recently completed five entries on Third Nephi the book within the Book of Mormon where Jesus appears thrice and teaches in familar and new ways The fifth entry contains links to all the others As I worked my way through 3 Nephi I increasingly found helpful the

The Syrian ceasefire is off to a shaky start On Friday morning a four-day ceasefire to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha went into effect The violence had not let up Thursday evening when a Syrian government artillery barrage was reported in the Hajar al-Aswad neighborhood in Damascus The

In the November 5 issue of America we report on the synod on the new evangelization Here Cardinal Donald Wuerl the archbishop of Washington and the synod s relator offers some answers to basic questions about this effort nbsp What is the Synod for the New Evangelization As the Second Vatic

We are happy to have this report from John W O Malley S J on the recent publication of the diaries of Cardinal Roberto Tucci Over the course of the years I have met Cardinal Tucci a number of times but only briefly and in passing I have always admired him and of course read with great inter