'America' needs the voices and gifts of women to fulfill our mission

Handshake Diplomacy, Swimming Upstream and Save Our Seas

America's special issue on women in the life of the church is now online, featuring articles by Kathleen Sprow Cummings, Kerry Alys Robinson, Helen Prejean and many others. In addition to these articles and reflections we are happy to offer this special Web only content.ArticlesAt the Ambo:&nbsp

Play On?; 'Sell By' Dates; Just War for Oil?

A government shutdown is an unconscionable burden on those least able to bear it.

A Choice for Peace? Germany's Future; Let's Get Reciprocal

Are we allowing mass violence to become “the new normal”?

America's groundbreaking interview with Pope Francis appeared online on September 19 and in the print edition dated September 30.Read the full English translation of the interview.Read responses to the interview from the editors, Richard Rohr, Melissa Clark, Timothy Radcliffe, Cardinal Donald W.

The right to a just wage is rooted in the transcendent dignity of every human being.