From the AP VATICAN CITY AP -- The Vatican on Monday admonished a leading cardinal for having publicly criticized the former Vatican No 2 for his handling of clerical abuse cases In a statement the Vatican said only the pope can make such accusations against a cardinal not another so-called p

This week our online exclusives include content from several America editors In our podcast Web Editor Tim Reidy and I talk about my year of volunteer service on the Navajo Reservation through the Mercy Volunteer Corps Powered by Podbean com Associate Editor Kevin Clarke spoke with Sist

The role of the Catholic press is a complicated one as newspapers and magazines work to balance the desire to spread the Good News with the responsibility to report truthfully on the not-so-good news in which our church sometimes finds itself involved To address this complex role the annual Catho

During a visit to New Orleans in early June, Kevin Clarke and Kerry Weber met with local fishermen and visited area beaches to learn firsthand the effects of the British Petrolium oil spill. Here is a selection of their coverage. "The Fisherman on the Shore," Kerry Weber "On Grand Terre, The Oil Mak

The Catholic Media Convention in New Orleans last week featured some great music including jazz trios and street performers But my personal favorite came from Veronica Downs-Dorsey and the Voices of Peter Claver a Catholic choir from the city s St Peter Claver Church These men and women provide

Perhaps you rsquo ve read about the third edition of the Roman Missal in the pages of America on our Web site or on the U S C C B site but those interested in learning more about the new translation soon will be able to read about the changes on the Missal rsquo s upcoming official Facebook fan

Chris Nelhig waits He stands in the midst of a group of fellow fishermen a few taking drags on cigarettes All are out of work Women and children in shorts and t-shirts sit beneath a tent which offers shade while others line up in folding chairs or sit on rails of a wooden ramp leading up to a t

The AP reports more troubling news from the Gulf WASHINGTON ndash Staff members at an agency that oversees offshore drilling accepted tickets to sports events lunches and other gifts from oil and gas companies and used government computers to view pornography according to an Interior Department

The New York Times offered some great coverage of the events and emotions surrounding the final days of St Vincent s Hospital which closed for good this past Friday Staff gathered for a Mass and barbeque and offered each other support And while many mourned the loss they also remembered the goo

While some Catholics may not agree with every point in Nicholas Kristof s latest column in the New York Times it s hard to argue with his words of praise for the many nuns and priests working and living in some of the world s poorest countries These men and women dedicated to humbly serving the p