National Catholic Reporter offers a detailed look at an emerging controversy in the Diocese of Oakland involving a national association that offers pastoral support to gay and lesbian Catholics and a bishop rsquo s quest to assess its Catholicity From NCR Following a more than yearlong investigat

We are happy to announce that America is now available on the Nook the e-reader from Barnes amp Noble Nook offers an excellent experience for magazine readers Each issue is downloaded as a PDF so you can see the magazine layed out as you would in print format And there are links for easy read

Now that the Supreme Court has upheld most of the Affordable Care Act Congressional supporters and President Obama have one final opportunity to sell the health care reform to the American people Although they worked hard and long to pass the bill against Republican opposition in Congress they fa

Decision just announced Mandate constitutional ACA survives intact nbsp Biggest surprise may be that Chief Justice Roberts voted for the majority saving Obamacare From Scotusblog reading decision Our precedent demonstrates that Congress had the power to impose the exaction in Section 5000A

The final event of the Catholic Media Conference is the Catholic Press Award ceremony We re happy to announce that this year America received 15 awards Our winning entries are First Place Best Essay ldquo A Hidden Sorrow rdquo Christopher Pramuk April 11 2011 Best Coverage of Immigration ld

Catholic journalists from across the United States and Canada gathered June 20-22 for this year s Catholic Media Conference in Indianapolis Ind The conference offers workshops on topics ranging from multimedia skills to Christians in the Middle East This year s event also offered a wealth of impr