Life will break your heart So will Jonathan Kozol rsquo s Fire in the Ashes It is full of life mdash messy disorganized broken and tragic and yes sometimes still full of joy and mercy and grace at unexpected moments This latest account of the lives of the other Americans who peopled K

Given the state of the economy and the mood of the nation a letter of hope during economic dark times seemed like a good idea when the U S bishops voted by a wide margin to nbsp draft a message on work and the economy during their June meeting in Atlanta nbsp But after the draft of that resulting

The Syrian ceasefire is off to a shaky start On Friday morning a four-day ceasefire to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha went into effect The violence had not let up Thursday evening when a Syrian government artillery barrage was reported in the Hajar al-Aswad neighborhood in Damascus The

A pair of recent surveys dissected once again the presumably influential Catholic vote as the nation closes in on the Nov 6 presidential showdown The surveys suggest U S Catholics follow their political bliss much as the rest of the nation does and despite such seeming non-negotiables as abortion

Setting humanity free from hunger is possible Pope Benedict XVI said in a statement released today in commemoration of World Food Day 2012 All that it requires is abandoning policies ldquo that seem to have as their sole objective profit the defence of markets the non-alimentary use of agricult

The U S military has consistently downplayed or denied possible adverse health and environmental effects because of its use of depleted uranium ordnance yet birth defects and spikes in sometimes odd health problems seem to follow closely behind in communities unfortunate enough to have been the si

President Obama rsquo s debate flop has thrown the outcome of the 2012 election back into the who-can-say category adding some near hysterical energy to the final weeks of the campaign Just take a gander at Andrew Sullivan rsquo s frustrated teardown of the president rsquo s performance Other Dem

FaithVillage Launches with 50 Shades of Evangelicalism

Some foul calls by replacement referees led to much gnashing of teeth and crushing of beer cans around the country this week Union referees had been locked out by N F L managers they rsquo ve since settled their differences and the temporary zebras running the field seemed to be using a rule bo