I am happy to report that the legendary director Martin Scorsese reads America mdash or at least the February 27 issue which featured an essay on his work by Father Robert Lauder Mr Scorsese writes to correct an oft-quoted remark that it turns out has been misattributed to his former film teach

Michael C McCarthy of Santa Clara University offers a thoughtful response to Rick Santorum s recent remarks on higher education From The Jesuit Post People lose their faith in college Or so Senator Rick Santorum believes if his bold and intemperate statements of a few of weeks ago are taken at f

Last week I was in Berkeley California for the Occupy Faith National Gathering coordinated by the Interfaith Tent at Occupy Oakland I was one of six from Occupy Faith NYC Occupy Wall Street and our delegation was a small part of over 60 conference participants from some fourteen Occupations ar

However uncomfortable has been their association of late the U S C C B and the Department of Health and Human Services have been partners in millions of dollars in federally funded social services and over the past year or so on one court docket Now a U S District Court decision in Massachusett

In January 2011 William Byron S J wrote a much discussed article for America making the case for exit interviews of lapsed Catholics Bishop David O Connell of the Diocese of Trenton was intrigued by the idea and commissioned Fr Byron and Charles Zech of Villanova University to conduct just

As Pope Benedict continues his pastoral visit to Mexico bishops in the US are renewing their call for Congress to take charge on immigration reform in light of the severe and inhumane laws that are being passed at the state and local level Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York and Archbishop Jose Gom