Sean Cardinal O Malley the archbishop of Boston nbsp has now weighed in at length on the case of the same-sex couple in Hingham Mass whose child was prevented from attending a local Catholic parochial school there and which I blogged about here nbsp Characteristically nbsp Cardinal O Mall

It is important to understand the scope of child maltreatment in the United States Toward this end the United States Department of Health and Human Services-Administration for Children and Families releases a yearly summary and report of child maltreatment statistics obtained from child abuse regi

Sometimes in politics the only pattern is that there is no pattern Last night rsquo s primaries yielded an amazingly diverse set of conclusions from the insta-pundits way too much of it focused on inside-the-Beltway considerations I love Andrea Mitchell but her report from Philly focused almost

More European countries are moving toward making it illegal for Muslim women to wear burqas--full Islamic face veils--in public For many of them however burqas are part of their culture Forcing them to abandon them has been termed an act of nbsp ldquo cultural warfare rdquo The bans can incl

Joseph A Califano Jr a longtime contributor to America and a member of the magazine s board of directors sat down for this week s podcast to discuss Criminally Unjust his analysis of America s flawed prison policy in the current issue Mr Califano argues that drug treatment is essential to r

Pope Benedict rsquo s speeches in Portugal were all very fine and worthy of consideration but I wish to call attention to one speech in particular his address on culture in Bel eacute m Normally we try and lift a couple lines from a long quote but I want to call attention to the final paragraph