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

How can the life of Walter Ciszek SJ help us to understand what it means to find God s will in our lives Often when we think about God s will we think of trying to figure it all out What is God s will What am I supposed to do One of the themes of this book has been the Ignatian model of di

In the category of a picture speaks a thousand words comes this rare photo of Fr Walter Ciszek SJ the nbsp U S Jesuit whose canonization nbsp process has been given the green light by the Vatican See nbsp post below nbsp The provenance nbsp Someone sent it to me last year but I ve com

Our own associate editor Kerry Weber is interviewed by Camille D Arienzo RSM as part of her NCR column conversations with Sister Camille nbsp Inspiring stuff nbsp Kerry s discussion of her image of God is particularly compelling nbsp nbsp What is your image of God When I was teaching in A