Today on quot America This Week quot on The Catholic Channel on SiriusXM we will count down the top ten stories in the church and the world for 2014 Here is our complete list Did we miss anything What 39 s your top story of the year Join the discussion in the comments boxes below nbsp 10

On November 5 America editor in chief Matt Malone, S.J., traveled to Spokane, Washington with Ann Curry and an NBC news team to interview Bishop Blase Cupich, the incoming archbishop of Chicago. Watch the report that aired on Sunday night November 16 on NBC Nightly News. A podcast intervie

America 39 s editors were all over television radio and the Web yesterday to discuss the pope 39 s groundbreaking interview with America and other Jesuit journals Here is one of the best reports from Anne Thompson of NBC News We will have more links to interview related commentary as the day p

We are sad to note the passing of James DiGiacomo S J a longtime religious educator who wrote frequently for America DiG pronounced Deej as he was affectionately known was the author many books including Do The Right Thing A Guide to Christian Morality Understanding Teenagers nbsp When Y

Our editor in chief Matt Malone S J spoke to Michelle Boorstein For decades America magazine has been a favorite of Catholic liberal intellectuals Run by Jesuits an order known for engaging controversial issues for the church the magazine has featured arguments on such topics as married prie

From the Chicago Tribune Rev Andrew Greeley the outspoken Roman Catholic priest best-selling novelist and sociologist known for his deeply researched academic appraisals and sometimes scathing critiques of his church died Wednesday night several years after fracturing his skull in a freakish fa

No matter how upset an author may be by a review of his or her book the conventional wisdom is not to write a letter in response The letter will only draw more attention to the critical review and the author is likely to come across as petty and defensive Garry Wills a frequent contributor to t

A 'poem on a postcard' by John Cogley

From Francis X Rocca at CNS VATICAN CITY CNS -- Pope Francis warned against quot gentrification of the heart quot as a consequence of comfortable living and called on the faithful to quot touch the flesh of Christ quot by caring for the needy The pope 39 s words came in a homily during Mas

From May 11, 1963: 'Fr. Kung very definitely wants changes in the church.'