Cardinal-designate Timothy M Dolan head of the USCCB and archbishop of New York told John Allen of NCR nbsp that the bishops are not Obama haters despite what some may think nbsp More importantly he stresses a posture of openness and dialogue with respect to the HHS decision nbsp We

Seven years ago today Dorothy Stang an American Sister of Notre Dame de Namur was martyred in the Amazon as a result of her work with the landless poor there When two hired gunmen met her on a muddy path they asked if she was carrying a weapon In reply she took out a Bible and began to recite

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I rsquo m an over-the-top ldquo Downton Abbey rdquo fan nbsp Lately I rsquo ve been nbsp avoiding all Sunday night engagements at least those that continue past 9 00 PM ET and am downcast if I haven rsquo t heard the Dowager Countess rsquo s most recent nbsp aper ccedil u nbsp Despite the sh

Happy Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes nbsp Here is a report from Religion amp Ethics Newsweekly from the French shrine showing what happened there in 1858 and what happens there today Watch Lourdes 150th Anniversary on PBS See more from Religion amp Ethics NewsWeekly

Today is the last day of our longtime literary editor Patricia A Kossmann who joined the staff of America in 1999 nbsp Among many other distinctions she was the first full-time female editor at our magazine nbsp It rsquo s difficult for me to describe with any degree of objectivity all that

In a bit of sad news after 70 nbsp years of distinguished service the publication Review for Religious will suspend publication at least in its current format nbsp Whether or not it will be revived and in what capacity is not known nbsp Michael Harter SJ the current editor writes in th

CNN asked about religion and humor and put together this fun video which includes some great images--and clips from The Colbert Report and two Monty Python films nbsp Also an article that talks about Jesus and humor nbsp nbsp Here rsquo s a serious question about levity The Bibl

Today is the official launch of The Jesuit Post a cool new website founded and run by young Jesuits or more accurately Jesuits in formation that hopes to cover Jesus politics and pop-culture the Catholic Church sports and Socrates More Jesus than Socrates of course but you get the i