I have been both astonished and moved by the tremendous outpouring of emotion over the death of Steve Jobs at age 56 nbsp Mr Jobs as is known by anyone whose fingers ever touched a computer or held an iPhone was a dazzlingly talented innovator who as President Obama noted will likely rank am

Today is the Feast of St Francis of Assisi and I m happy to say the publication date of my book on joy humor and laughter Between Heaven and Mirth nbsp To celebrate both an excerpt on the joy of St Francis nbsp And that s him on the cover holding the turtledoves and laughing nbsp in betw

The surprisingly joyful theology of 1 Thessalonians

Vera Farmiga s directorial debut the film Higher Ground has been winning praise from some quarters nbsp Bryan McCarthy a candidate for a D Phil in theology nbsp at Oxford looks at how difficult it is for various kinds of reviewers to get this story of a free-spirited evangelical woman s

A group of prominent Catholic theologians has posted on the Catholic Moral Theology website a petition against the death penalty in the wake of the execution of two men in Georgia and in Texas nbsp Their statement discusses the unfair application of the death penalty Studies have shown that bl

New York Sept 23 2011 America Press Inc the Jesuit-sponsored magazine and web site today announced the appointment of Father John P Schlegel S J as publisher and president Father Schlegel who recently completed 11 years as president of Creighton University in Omaha Nebraska will assume

Anthony Ruff OSB at PrayTell has an analysis of Bishop Olmsted s decision to restrict the reception nbsp among laypeople of wine the Precious Blood at Communion nbsp The diocese is admitting that the bishop nbsp could have nbsp allowed priests to continue giving Communion under both forms at

Just as interesting as nbsp Andrew J Garavel s nbsp review of the new play Temporal Powers is the story of its recovery and the unfairly forgotten Irish playwright Teresa Deevy nbsp Fr Garavel a Jesuit priest and assistant professor of English at Santa Clara is also something of a special

Interviewed by Our Sunday Visitor in their latest issue nbsp Love the cover OSV You wrote that humor should be seen as a requirement in a Church leader Why do you think it rsquo s such an important attribute nbsp Father Martin First it rsquo s important to have a sense of humility and pover

The America community readers viewers etc will remember the Rev Michael Ryan s article What if We Just Said Wait which proposed delaying the roll-out of the new English translation of the Roman Missal scheduled for this Advent nbsp The article drew 239 online comments was linked to an