Fr Jim Martin is on retreat this week but you can still check out his latest online offering over at the Huffington Post where today he launched the site s first Scripture commentary series Here is the editors introduction The series will bring together leading voices from different religiou

This New York cover story is worth a read if you didn t catch it earlier this month Jennifer Senior sets out to explore the various reasons why in study after study young American parents have been shown to be unhappy with their lives As a new happy parent I was puzzled by this idea but I al

In his article for our special issue on Religion and International Affairs Thomas F Farr argues that the United States must be more vigorous in its promotion of religious liberty abroad In the interest of continuing the conversation we asked Prof Farr to respond to a few questions sparked by th

We are very pleased to feature Fr Virgilio Elizondo on this week s podcast A professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame who still does pastoral work in his home diocese of San Antonio Fr Elizondo has just published his selected spiritual writings with Orbis Books On the podcast he d

In mid-June 2010 violence broke out in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan Many homes like those pictured below were burned people were killed and thousands fled to the Uzbekistan border Our friend Laura Sheahen at Catholic Relief Services is in Kyrgyzstan and sent us this on-the-ground r

Susan Dominus column in Friday s New York Times raises some interesting questions about the relationship between abortion clinics and nbsp adoption agencies Traditionally abortion clinics offered little more than pamplets about adoption but the staff had limited knowledge of how adoption has ev

This week we are happy to feature numerous online exclusives Two are worth special mention Douglas W Kmiec writes movingly about his father s death in the June 21-28 issue of America On this week s podcast he reflects on the pope s trip to Malta where Kmiec serves as U S ambassador Listen to

Just posted to our Web site an assessment of the controversial excommunication of Sister Margaret Mary McBride from the respected Dominican ethicist Kevin O Rourke As both a Catholic ethicist and an expert on Canon Law Father O Rourke offers a unique perspective Yet questions remain Did the bis

Our next print issue will be posted to the Web site on Monday June 14 but as promised we will keep adding Web-only content to the site during our summer biweekly schedule This week we have expanded Signs of the Times to include a report on the future of agriculture in Haiti and a summary of the

I know that the New York Times Ross Douthat has many fans among our commenters and though I don t always agree with him he is quickly becoming a must read Last month s column on abortion in America was nuanced and provocative and sparked an interesting if predictable response from readers La