Just posted to our site in light of the ongoing UN conference on climate change in Durban South Africa Elizabeth Groppe makes the case for climate change as a pro-life issue Unlike abortion and the death penalty climate change does not entail an intentional act that ends the life of another hum

Join a discussion of Fr Jim Martin s new book over at Patheos This nifty web page includes a video from Fr Jim and chances to win free books Tim Reidy nbsp

In case you missed last week s announcement America can now be purchased via the Kindle Sign up here for 2 99 month or try it out for 14 days for free Several of our loyal readers have asked whether a Kindle subscription might be included with a subscription to the magazine Unfortunately at th

From Criterio magazine via Mirada Global It is the 50th anniversary of John XXIII rsquo s social encyclical Mater et magistra published on the 70th anniversary of Rerum Novarum 1891 the document where Leon XIII established the foundations of the Social Doctrine of the Church Within a fundament

Thanks to Fr Leo O Donovan a frequent contributor to America for sending along this review of a moving and timely piece of art work In this season of remembrance the FLAG Art Foundation in New York rsquo s Chelsea neighborhood has become a place of pilgrimage Here the New York-based artist Ja

Fr Jim Martin chaplain to Colbert Nation appeared on last night s Colbert Report to discuss his new book Between Heaven and Mirth Fr Jim shared a few jokes with Stephen but they also ended up exegeting the nbsp biblical stories of the Storm at Sea and the Birth of Isaac Enjoy T

Just posted to our Web site an analysis of the gathering of religious leaders at Assisi from Austen Ivereigh You can read Austen s blogs from the meeting here It soon became clear that the 25th anniversary of Assisi had been framed to support Pope Benedict rsquo s ldquo New Evangelization rdquo

From Envio magazine via Mirada Global I don rsquo t doubt the existence of a future for the left but their future will not be a linear continuation of their past Defining what the lefts have in common equals answering the question What is the left The left is a combination of political position

From Mirada Global an essay by Jos eacute Antonio Gonz aacute lez Pizarro of the Universidad Cat oacute lica del Norte Antofagasta Chile From the moment that Stephane Hessel rsquo s little book Indignez-vous Time for Outrage was published the press has tried to fit the different social movem

Our symposium on catechesis and theology continues with a contribution from Thomas Rausch S J Fr Rausch is responding to an article by Todd Salzman and Michael Lawler from the September 12 issue There is one point on which I take issue with them The distinction Lawler and Salzman draw between