Isn rsquo t it surprising to hear today s Gospel John 6 60-69 tell us that some of Jesus rsquo s disciples ldquo returned to their former way of life and no longer walked with him rdquo It rsquo s almost unbelievable So many of us nbsp would literally give our right arms to see and hear what

The following announcement was posted on the website of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious in response to the Vatican s Assessment of the LCWR nbsp The national board of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious will meet May 29 - June 1 2012 to nbsp begin its discussion of nbsp t

In response to the Vatican s investigation of women s religious congregations in the United States and of nbsp the Leadership Conference for Women Religious the main organizing body of women s religious congregations in this country the USCCB has announced the Congregation for the Doctrine of the

In April of 1912 America had just celebrated its third year of publication nbsp Today we have reposted the editorial that appeared in our issue of April 27 1912 entitled quot The Titanic Disaster quot which may prove a moving nbsp entree into those days nbsp as well as a surprise

I wonder if you can say anything about the Catholic faith without people taking offense nbsp No matter how benign no comment on the web about Catholicism goes unchallenged nbsp That goes for blogs Facebook Twitter Youtube and pretty much everything else nbsp Moreover the idea of trying to

The canonization process for Walter J. Ciszek, S.J., begins.

Most days are, in fact, times of waiting.

The story of the trial crucifixion and death of Jesus of Nazareth which is recited sung and often acted out in churches on Palm Sunday speaks for itself This is one reason why preachers are encouraged keep their homilies short that day Or as the pastor of the local Jesuit church told me ldq

America was one of the many participants in the 2012 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress nbsp For those who haven t experienced Congress it s hard to describe the sheer nbsp magnitude of the event tens of thousands of Catholics both clergy and lay from around the world doing nbsp almost

The Rev Robert Barron author and host of the widely successful book and series Catholicism which was reviewed recently in America by Tim Reidy reviews the hit movie The Hunger Games from a very Catholic and very thoughtful point of view nbsp Certainly it s the only review you ll prob