Retired baseball commissioner Fay Vincent has had his own experiences with tough disciplinary calls but on his two most famous cases mdash those of Cincinnati Red Pete Rose and New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner mdash wrongdoing was never in doubt ldquo It was just a question of the punis

Catholic Relief Services continues efforts to respond to Nepal's devastating earthquake.

'We are having the wrong debate.'

Three days after Archbishop William Lori’s city of Baltimore was rocked by civil unrest that began as a young man who died while in police custody was laid to rest, the archbishop was pondering how the local church could respond to the crisis in the city’s streets.“We’re not

Three days after his city was rocked by civil unrest that began as a young man who died while in police custody was laid to rest, Baltimore Archbishop William Lori was pondering how the local church could respond to the crisis in the city’s streets.

Sister Mary Ann Walsh former communications director for the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops and most recently a valued correspondent for America magazine has died after a struggle with cancer In typical fashion she had turned her final weeks into an opportunity to reach and educate others a

Another case of possible police brutality has led to civil disorder, this time in Baltimore.

As aftershocks continue to terrify survivors thousands of whom are living in tent cities that have sprung up in open spaces in the Nepal capital of Kathmandu the death toll continues to climb mdash now more than 4 000 are believed to have been killed more than 9 000 have been injured and thousand

The Jesuit Refugee Service expressed disappointment today with the measures announced by the European Union to respond to the accelerating migrant crisis in the Mediterranean describing the outcome after meetings in Brussels as ldquo a lost opportunity rdquo James Stapleton J R S International

There is an oddly anachronistic feel to talk about the abolition of nuclear weapons. Like watching Civil Defense films of the 1960s, contemporary calls to ban the bomb provoke a disorienting déjà vu, recalling a different, more paranoid and dangerous time. After all, with the Cold War over—s