Archbishop Thomas Wenski was installed yesterday as the new Archbishop of Miami He is known largely for two things the fact that he drives a motorcycle and the fact that he is fluent in Spanish and Haitain Creole having worked with those communities all of his life At the Mass in which he took p

Chicago Once again the opportunity to blog for America puts me in the position of commenting on topics beyond my expertise but I cannot let pass without mention the 700th anniversary of the death of Marguerite Porete the medieval Christian mystic who was condemned for heresy and burnt at the stak

I am still a novice blogger Yes I have done a few over the past couple of years but word has now come down that America rsquo s associate editors are to blog on a regular basis Some already blog prolifically and in my mind rsquo s eye I see their fingers flying over their computer keyboards as

Greg Boyle S J founder of Homeboy Industries and author of Tattoos on the Heart which we reviewed here nbsp in our piece Hope for Homies was interviewed on May 20 on NPR s Fresh Air with Terry Gross Back in April he was also a guest on the America podcast As John Coleman S J repor

As the international reaction to Monday s debacle on board the Mavi Marmara nbsp continues Egypt has opened the Rafa crossing to humanitarian relief goods for an unlimited time Naturally there has been a storm of coverage in Israel of the Israeli naval commandos version of riot control A fail

Rand Paul is the gift that keeps on giving The would-be non-politician politician has established himself as a principled man willing to take bold stands to tell the truth a modern day Mr Smith dressed up in libertarian garb He and his Tea Party crowd aim to throw out the bums who have betraye