Sad news from Washington D C Archbishop Sambi was the Vatican s ambassador to the United States and a friend of the magazine Archbishop Pietro Sambi the papal ambassador to the United States since 2005 died Wednesday night apparently from complications related to lung surgery according to Vati

Watching this whole debt ceiling spectacle is a trial for me I want to tell the Republicans ldquo Stop playing games that stymie every Democratic offer and initiative and do your patriotic duty compromise for the good of the nation rdquo And I want to tell the Democrats ldquo Don rsquo t giv

A meditation on the mosaic of Sts Joachim and Anne--traditionally Mary s parents--by Marko Rupnik SJ which graces the nbsp Chapel at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut nbsp This meditation nbsp ran in our Christmas issue last year nbsp nbsp This is perhaps the most unexpected part of th

The public image of the American Catholic hierarchy has taken quite a beating in recent years The general public holds them responsible for mishandling the sexual abuse crisis and more progressive lay Catholics resent what they see as the hierarchy rsquo s selective intrusion into elective

Like many of our readers I suspect I turn immediately to the letters page when I open up a magazine or newspaper Two recent letters on two different articles stood out this week and I think they re worth highlighting here The first is in response to Bill Keller s review of Absolute Monarchs A

Texas Governor Rick Perry has been in the news with some frequency of late A good deal of the coverage has centered on his support of a national day of prayer The Response USA which will invoke God s help in restoring moral purpose to the United States nbsp Incidentally this is an event w