It has been quite a long time since we have been able to write about good things happening in Pakistan Yet the recent arrest of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar the Afghan Taliban rsquo s 2 and two Taliban governors of Afghan provinces is more than a stroke of good luck It shows an increasing degr

It has been a week of movement in the often arcane world of Anglican traditionalists seeking a home in Rome The Australian branch of Forward in Faith -- the main association of Anglo-Catholic priests -- has become the first group within the Anglican Church to vote to accept the Pope s ordinariate o

One of the great members of our editorial staff one of the great Jesuit priests and one of the greatest men I have ever known has died at age 92 John W Donohue S J began as an associate editor at America with our April 1 1972 issue and finished with our June 25 2007 issue It is impossible

A new CARA study shows that Catholics students attending Catholic colleges are less likely to stop attending Mass than those who attend public universities but the results also reflect a diversity of viewpoints on social and political issues among young Catholics The study surveyed 14 527 students

Liberal Catholics are often said to twist the church s teaching or disregard it completely to suit their own needs--particularly on matters of sexuality and church authority nbsp We are nbsp sometimes accused of nbsp that here at America and on this blog nbsp Cafeteria Catholic is an ep

One of my favorite on-air moments came during last Sunday rsquo s edition of Meet the Press when Rachel Maddow confronted Congressman Aaron Schock R-IL The congressman who was voted cutest member of Congress not the smartest member of Congress was busy attacking the Stimulus Bill passed a