A majority of students in the nation’s public schools are now growing up in poverty.

The late Rev. Richard McBrien said he didn't "hold things back.” We are richer for it.

From 1928 to 2003, the Catholic Book Club worked as a subscription service where America partnered with publishers to mail books to CBC readers. A (more or less) comprehensive list of 75 years worth of selections can be found here.

Affordable child care and paid medical leave are pro-life issues.

What we can learn from the complicated legacy and canonization of Junípero Serra

Time has accomplished what a U.S.-supported invasion, a crushing economic embargo, the collapse of the Soviet Union and any number of external and internal catastrophes could not: the removal of Fidel Castro from direct control over the people of Cuba. Suffering from failing health, Castro has final

In 2014 state legislatures and courts made record reforms to solitary confinement.

Set restraints on speech through civic consensus, not government or religious edict

On Saturday December 13 representatives from five publications discussed the role of the Catholic media in the new evangelization at a conference at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, N.Y. Sponsored by America and St. Joseph's, the gathering features presentations by the editors of America, t

In the fourth installment of quot The Living Word quot lecture series New Testament scholar nbsp Amy-Jill Levine will present quot Jesus rsquo Parables Jewish Stories Christian Interpretations Universal Lessons quot The event nbsp will take place Wednesday March 11 at 6 30 p m at the Ame