We are pleased to offer this guest blog post on the upcoming election in Sudan from Christian Hennemeyer Mr Hennemeyer has worked in the foreign aid field for over 25 years mainly in Africa Birth is a bloody and painful experience and the birth of a new African nation may be no less traumati

Please remember the family of Francis X Clooney S J in your prayers as they mourn the death of their father James J Clooney Fr Frank Clooney is a frequent contributor to In All Things you can read his lovely tribute to his father on the occasion of his 90th birthday here Tim Reidy nbsp

Little late on this but I hope you ll check out our multiple features on the legacy of Cardinal Avery Dulles First in the November 29 issue Jeffrey Gros reviewed the new biography of Cardinal Dulles by Patrick W Carey We have also reprinted several articles Cardinal Dulles wrote for America A

Regular readers will recall that America published a special issue on the Bishops Synod on the Middle East in October Here we offer a reflection from one of the bishops who took part in the meeting Gregory Mansour Eparch of the Eparchy of Saint Maron The task before him was great but only Pete

The Argentinian Catholic magazine Criterio looks at the success of the country s same-sex marriage law and what it means for the church s approach to the culture We must therefore ask ourselves why is it that the Catholic doctrine despite its depth and richness has ceased to be in general terms

Light of the World Peter Seewald s book-length interview with Pope Benedict XVI has already drawn much attention here and elsewhere on the Web Today November 23 is the official publication day and we are happy to provide excerpts from the book for our readers Here you will find Pope Benedict

Just posted to our site a memo to the bishops from Vincent Miller of the University of Dayton As the bishops meet in Baltimore this week the political climate and economic crisis demand they consider the effectiveness of their teaching the full range of Catholic social doctrine Every Catholic an

From Mirada Global and Mensaje magazine a look at the popularity and unique influence of Brazil s president A politician knows he has succeeded when his adversaries come close to him to share his popularity This is what has happened to Brazilian president Luiz In aacute cio Lula da Silva Jos ea

Thanks to the Jesuit Web site Mirada Global select articles from America are now available in Spanish You can browse them here Mirada Global has also translated these articles into Portugese to switch languages click on the flag-colored icons in the upper right hand corner of the article page T

An interesting pairing of stories in today s New York Times First a profile of Cathleen P Black the newly appointed chancellor of the New York City school system A highly accomplished executive at Hearst Magazines she launched O Oprah s very successful monthly Black is a product of Chicago C