Today on the 15th anniversary of the death of Mother Teresa David Van Biema writes on the ministry of the Missionaries of Charity in Latin America in our online Books amp Culture section Van Biema is the author of the illustrated biography Mother Teresa The Life and Works of a Modern Saint no

Thanks to historian David O Brien for sending us this reflection on the life of Joe Cunneen who passed away in July Joe Cunneen passed away July 29 at the age of 89 For almost fifty years from his family s famously crowded basement with his wife Sally and his friend Bill Birmingham Joe produce

Just posted to our Web site a report on the status of Coptic Christians in Egypt from David Pinault of Santa Clara University My sharpest memory from Cairo is what my driver said al-Masih biygarribna ldquo Christ is testing us rdquo I rsquo d hired Sami to drive me around the city As soon as

We were sad to learn today of the death of Joshua Casteel a veteran of the Iraq War who sought early discharge as a conscientious objector Pax Christi USA has posted reflections on Josh which you can read here And here is an excerpt from the nbsp documentary Soldiers of Conscience in which J

We are happy to post this guest blog from Meghan Clark an assistant professor of theology and religious studies at St John rsquo s University A longer version originally appeared on the blog Catholic Moral Theology The choice of Paul Ryan as the GOP Vice-Presidential Nominee has moved Catholic s

Just posted online Kevin McCardle of the UCLA School of Management explains why radical and feminist are descriptors Christians should aspire to not condemn In an interview with John Allen of the National Catholic Reporter Cardinal William Levada the former Prefect of the Congregation for

Bishop Blase Cupich of Spokane responds to Nicholas Cafardi in the current issue of America Here we post the full text of his response Re ldquo Politics and the Pulpit rdquo by Nicholas P Cafardi 7 30 Dr Cafardi seems to imply that Archbishop J Peter Sartain of Seattle engaged in impermiss

A pretty damning analysis from the British weekly OF ALL the organisations that serve America rsquo s poor few do more good work than the Catholic church its schools and hospitals provide a lifeline for millions Yet even taking these virtues into account the finances of the Catholic church i

This guest blog comes courtesy of the Rev Michael P Orsi research fellow in law and religion at the Ave Maria School of Law Monsignor William J Lynn former Secretary for the Clergy in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has been sentenced to 3-6 years in prison for child endangerment A j

Just posted to our site from Brian Konzman S J The fifth annual World Science Festival took place over five days in New York City in June You can find my blog posts from the festival here I attended four events on a range of fascinating topics from the ldquo elusive neutrino rdquo to th