In case you missed John W Martens post on The Good Word on the Scriptural roots of purgatory check it out here A sample Purgatory has had an odd history with many Catholics today no longer having a clear sense of what it is And while many Protestants have long rejected purgatory as a non-bi

Read the full story here in our online edition of Signs of the Times Others news covered this week how Catholic leaders helped boost support for the New Start treaty and a look at the controversy surrounding Mexican migrants who have been abuducted and killed on their way to the U S Tim Reidy n

If anyone is attending this year s march feel free to offer your reports here Some other resources this morning Michael Sean Winters posted from the Dems for Life booth pior to the march and you can track reports on Twitter marchforlife Also worthwhile this slideshow report on Jesuit prolife

From Cuidad Nueva magazine courtesy Mirada Global a quick survey of 20th century women writers including some authors who may not be familiar to American readers our time gives us magnificent examples of women who have become famous writers of narrative poetry and drama Such is the case of

America s editorial this week calls Pope Benedict s 2011 statement on religious liberty the most extensive official treatment of the subject since Vatican II You can read our editorial here and a followup report on the pope s response to anti-Christian violence in Egypt and Iraq in this week s

America s editorial this week calls Pope Benedict s 2011 statement on religious liberty the most extensive official treatment of the subject since Vatican II You can read our editorial here and a followup report on the pope s response to anti-Christian violence in Egypt and Iraq in this week s S

Readers of the print edition will be familiar with what we at America call the OMT mdash Of Many Things the weekly column that runs on page two of the magazine The OMT is venue for the editors particulary the editor-in-chief to comment on current events in a less formal sometimes more opinion

From Envio magazine via Mirada Global Towards the end of the 20th century there was a transition in the seas equivalent to that of the Neolithic with the development of aquaculture How did we get this far Where are the captured species most endangered And who benefits mdash and benefit mdash m

We are pleased to feature this guest blog post from Sir Jeffery M Abood KHS Sir Abood is chair of the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation rsquo s International Speakers Bureau and Co-Chair of the Council on Global Solidarity Diocese of Cleveland The recent Middle East Synod has helped foc

From Mirada Global and Raz oacute n y Fe magazine At the beginning of the third millennium the secularist prophecy mdash backed by Weber and Durkheim mdash about the decline and vanishing of religion and faith has not been fulfilled Even more it would seem that we are very far from it B