Editorials
Current Comment
The Transformation of G.E.; The Return of Lance Armstrong
Teilhard at Vespers
The church seems forever to be embracing those she once held in suspicion.
Articles
A Time for Reform
How the Catholic tradition can shape the health care debate
Obama's Long War
How long is the U.S. prepared to stay in Afghanistan?
Demystifying Medicine
The tensions between faith and science in West Africa
Modern Man
The Abbe Lamennais anticipated many of the reforms of the Second Vatican Council.
Health Care Round-Up
A selection of America's articles on health care reform
Books and Culture
Art
An exhibit of African and Oceanic art at the Metropolitan Museum rejects the presumption that Western standards are the final arbiters of aesthetic achievement. View slide show.
Film
American film culture has maintained something of an ambivalent relationship with the Catholic priesthood.
Film
Biopics in recent years have featured artists and fallen leaders of all sorts, but no one quite like Julia Child.
Ideas
It should not surprise us that the superhero genre has shaped our culture's understanding of Jesus.
Columns and Departments
The Word
The Word
Columns
Of Many Things
Letters
Signs of the Times
What You're Reading
The Controversy at Notre Dame
In the August 31-September 7 issue of America two bishops look back at the controversy surrounding President Barack Obam
