In a recent episode of the animated hit ldquo South Park rdquo the steady stream of abuse scandals currently rocking the Catholic church became a recurring punchline When asked a question that elicits an obvious yes notoriously insensitive protag Eric Cartman trots out the ldquo Is the Pope Ca

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush the son and brother of the two presidents of that name has courageously come out against the new anti-immigration law in Arizona It places a significant burden on local law enforcement and you have civil liberties issues that are significant as well Bush said i

Most parents are concerned about their children s exposure to objectionable media content which is too-often readily available on TV or the Internet But would more stringent government regulation of SpongeBob or South Park really help Well according 58 percent of parents surveyed in a recently r

Here s an early peak at next week s podcast an interview with Stanley Hauerwas the Duke University scholar who was named America s best theologian by Times magazine in 2001 Best Hauerwas demurred is not a theological category Hauerwas discusses his new memoir Hannah s Child which dea

In his Web-only article for America Cul-de-Sac Catholicism Nicholas P Cafardi asked why the U S bishops conference fought health care reform to the end even when the president signed an executive order pledging that the new bill would not utlitize public funds to pay for abortions Now three

Huffington Post over the next few weeks will be excerpting a chapter nbsp from my book The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything on the question of experiencing God in our desires and longings nbsp Many people say that they wish that they had a personal experience of God I could believe in G