A Republican president may find himself in a no-win situation.

The stillness that descends upon campus during the summer months always prompts reflection about the year just completed An examen commences What can we change What do we need to improve What were the high points and low points What are the issues both new and old that Ignatian educators must

Writing that "Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them," a 6-3 majority of the Supreme Court June 25 upheld tax subsidies for participants in health care exchanges run by the federal government in states that refused to create them.In

It's time to 'update our notion of what it means to seek asylum.'

Critics argue the Holy See has been too slow to act on scandals globally.

On June 25 2015 the Affordable Care Act ACA dodged a potentially fatal legal bullet In King v Burwell the US Supreme Court in a majority decision written by Chief Justice Roberts rejected a challenge to an IRS tax credit regulation that threatened to unwind the entire fabric of President Ob

Cape Cod MA Pope Francis rsquo magnificent encyclical quot Laudato Si 39 quot has already been widely commented on and receiving careful analysis from many angles It will of course be a topic of conversation material for study and implementation globally in dioceses and parishes as a

Francis is inviting more than half the human race to share in this prayer together.

James Martin S J editor at large of America gave this year 39 s commencement address June 12 2015 at Santa Clara University He offered 10 pieces of advice that in his words I wish I had known at your age mdash ten things that would have made my life a lot easier Some are pieces of advice

Timothy J. Clark’s poetic realism

Would full disclosure of the names of clergy offenders help these survivors and the countless other men and women who have still not reported their abuse to come forward?

The U.S. Senate on June 16 approved a measure supported by Catholic and evangelical leaders that would prohibit the use of torture by any U.S. government agency as an interrogation technique. • The Philippine government on June 16 started the Catholic Church-backed process of decommissioning me

"The Book of Strange New Things: A Novel," by Michel Faber

"Lost Classroom, Lost Community," by Margaret F. Brinig and Nicole Stelle Garnett

"No Man's Land," by Elizabeth D. Samet and "Loving our Enemies," by Jim Forest

In a rare display of bipartisanship, the U.S. Senate approves federal torture ban.

How we understand ourselves as a church guides how we should be in the world.