A provocative essay from the Austrian Jesuit Robert Deinhammer S J courtsey of Mirada Global The vital need to protect the planet rsquo s ecosystems in a comprehensive and sustainable manner is mdash unfortunately mdash often undermined by events that derive from within the environmental movem

A very nice essay from Jim Keane S J over at The Jesuit Post Jim is studying theology in California and served at America as an associate editor If you rsquo ve been a student in a Catholic school over the past half-century and you rsquo ve spent any time studying the documents of Vatican II i

The famous Kony 2012 Youtube video brought wide attention to Joseph Kony and the abuses perpetrated by his Lord s Resistance Army in central Africa Here is another video about conflict in the region this one showing how religious leaders and laypeople in Uganda have sought to build peace through

This guest blog comes courtesy of Charles O Kroncke and William L Holahan Kroncke is professor in the department of finance at the University of South Florida Holahan is professor in the department of economics at the University of Wisconcis-Milwaukee Providing health insurance coverage as part

The White House has posted a video of the president s remarks at the third annual Easter breakfast nbsp You can read CNS s coverage of the president s speech here Tim Reidy

Mary Valle has high marks for God Is the Bigger Elvis the new documentary about the life and vocation of Dolores Hart God Is the Bigger Elvis airing on HBO April 5 is a recently Academy Award-nominated documentary about former actress Dolores Hart who left a becoming-major career in Hollyw

On Friday March 30th Cardinal Turkson the president of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace presented a reflection at the Uniapac Congress in Lyon France on the Vocation of a Business Leader The document grew out of a seminar sponsored by the John A Ryan Institute at the University of S

I am happy to report that the legendary director Martin Scorsese reads America mdash or at least the February 27 issue which featured an essay on his work by Father Robert Lauder Mr Scorsese writes to correct an oft-quoted remark that it turns out has been misattributed to his former film teach

Michael C McCarthy of Santa Clara University offers a thoughtful response to Rick Santorum s recent remarks on higher education From The Jesuit Post People lose their faith in college Or so Senator Rick Santorum believes if his bold and intemperate statements of a few of weeks ago are taken at f

In January 2011 William Byron S J wrote a much discussed article for America making the case for exit interviews of lapsed Catholics Bishop David O Connell of the Diocese of Trenton was intrigued by the idea and commissioned Fr Byron and Charles Zech of Villanova University to conduct just