For the Christian, reports of prison scandals recall images of Jesus the prisoner.

Though the crime rate in the United States has fallen sharply over the past quarter-century, our federal and state prison population has been frozen for nearly a decade at a historic high of 1.6 million. By one estimate, America has 5 percent of the world’s population but 25 percent of its pri

My whole life was planned out when I stepped onto campus my freshman year. Although I was undeclared, I knew I wanted to major in education and graduate in four years, no more, no less. I was not exactly excited to be starting college, but I was excited to eventually become a teacher. In short, I kn

On March 4, the U.S. Justice Department released the results of its investigation into the killing of Michael Brown last August in Ferguson, Mo. It concluded in an 87-page report “that the facts do not support the filing of criminal charges against Officer Darren Wilson.” But a second, p

This is the third selection in our series of modern books about Jesus. You can find the first two selections and see future picks here. Recently, I participated in a thoughtful conversation about two early 20-century American prelates, William Cardinal O’Connell of Boston and George

One reason the cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel elected Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francis two years ago on March 13 was a brief but powerful speech the Argentine cardinal made shortly before the conclave in which he denounced the ldquo theological narcissism rdquo of the Roman Catholic

According to a report in nbsp Avvenire the weekly newspaper of the Italian Bishops Conference the beatification of El Salvador 39 s martyred Archbishop Oscar Romero will take place on May 23 at a ceremony in El Salvador the day before Pentecost Sunday The date was announced yesterday as Monsign

'There are grounds for hope with a man who says that God continually surprises us.'

Scotland's only recognized martyr was a champion for religious tolerance and freedom.

'Listening to people, for me, never did me any harm.'

The grace, wisdom and humor you are demonstrating in the face of cancer truly inspires.

In order to ask forgiveness from God, we must follow the teaching of the “Our Father”: we must repent sincerely for our sins, knowing that God always forgives, and just as willingly forgive others. This was the centerpiece of Pope Francis’ remarks to the faithful following the read

Father Matt Malone S J President and Editor in Chief of America Media announced today that America Media will become the publisher of The Jesuit Post the online ministry operated entirely by young Jesuits in training and focused on reaching people in their 20s and 30s nbsp Previously under th

What can we expect from the pope on his three-state tour?

Yesterday in Northern California Apple filled in some of the details on its new Apple Watch And according to the Guardian its 18 karat solid gold edition can be yours for the low low price of 17 000 It rsquo s hard to argue with that isn rsquo t it I mean did you see the gold-encased iPhones

On Feb 25th Camille Paglia a self-identified ldquo dissident feminist rdquo was interviewed for our blog During the interview Paglia described what she believes is wrong with American feminism today After the great victory won by my insurgent pro-sex pro-fashion wing of feminism in the 199

What's wrong with 'hyper-inclusive' calendars?

(Vatican Radio) God acts in humility and in silence; “spectacle” is not His style. That was Pope Francis’ message at Mass on Monday in the Casa Santa Marta. Jesus rebukes people of Nazareth for their lack of faithIn the Gospel of the day, Jesus rebukes the inhabitants of Nazar

At The Future of the Catholic Literary Imagination quot conference the most dynamic panel for my money was the one entitled quot Catholic Literati The Next Generation. Given this title I feel for the three men who made up the panel Randy Boyagada James Matthew Wilson and Josh Hren

What if gridlock is the only thing keeping the United States together?