The Boston Globe has the story on Jack Sullivan nbsp the Marshfield Mass man who has been cured of a longstanding illness through the intercession of Venerable John Henry Newman nbsp For Sullivan who said he has remained pain-free since his prayers were answered and who has lately been busy

An Open Letter to John JenkinsJohn Jenkins CSCPresident Notre Dame UniversityNotre Dame IndianaDear Father Jenkins Now that Mary Ann Glendon has announced that she would not accept Notre Dame rsquo s prestigious Laetare Medal because she was ldquo dismayed rdquo by the university rsquo s awar

To accompany our America Centennial Mass video which Tim Reidy put together see our homepage video section here s a bit of reporting on the Big Day in case you weren t able to join us nbsp And we really did pray for all of our readers--including you James Martin SJ

Chaz Muth of CNS recently visited our offices for an extensive nbsp piece on the magazine s history just posted on the CNS website nbsp In case nbsp you don t have access here it is America magazine reflects on century of triumphs debates and faith By Chaz Muth Catholic News Service NEW YOR

The Daily Telegraph is reporting that the Vatican has accepted the curing of a Marshfield Mass man who was bent double the result of a severe spinal disorder as a miracle attributable to Cardinal John Henry Newman nbsp The miracle would fulfill the requirement for Newman s beatification whi

Just wanted to remind our readers always to be on the lookout at our Books and Culture section for plenty of online only content that we will be posting on a regular basis nbsp We re always limited in terms of page space in the magazine and sometimes it s hard to turn around time-sensitive a

Yesterday members of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious met in Rome with Cardinal William Levada and members of the Vatican s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith which is investigating the LCWR for doctrinal issues as detailed in my earlier post nbsp nbsp Today the LCWR ha

While we in New York were celebrating the installation of Archbishop Dolan and preparing for our Centennial Mass nbsp this news dropped nbsp Rumors had been around for the past few weeks among the secular media nbsp It s the news of the Vatican s investigation of the Leadership Conference of

After a year of planning, we still weren't sure how many people were going to attend our Centennial Mass on April 18.