Relying on drones and special forces, we operate against nameless foes in a nameless war.

U.S. warships steamed toward the Black Sea on a “routine deployment” as the Russian military solidified its hold on the Crimean peninsula on March 7. With Russian soldiers encircling Ukraine military outposts, a hastily reconstituted Crimean parliament, in a further provocation, voted to

The Beatles’ arrival in the United States marked the beginning of a revolution.

Many American Catholics are deeply concerned about business, and especially about large corporations. Readers of America have posted comments online: “Today’s businesses, especially large corporate businesses, focus on one thing, and one thing only…the Profit motive,” and &l

This is the second installment in a series of posts on Pope Francis as we look forward to the first anniversary of his election on March 13 The first entry quot Francis Far More than Show quot looks at how Francis is dramatically reshaping the papacy through his 1 his choice of advisers and 2

At some Catholic schools across the country campus ministry departments are providing helpful resources for Lent Some schools provide daily reflections while others provide additional prayer resources Click on the links below for a sampling of some schools Loyola University ChicagoNotre DameGeorg

Cardinal calls to keep but reinterpret doctrine for divorced and remarried.

The Congressional Budget Office can rsquo t entertain us every day so the website Funny or Die filled the vacuum on Tuesday with an episode of Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis with President Barack Obama as a guest Obama dropped in on the talk-show parody to promote the Affordable Care Act

Pew Research says it can 39 t tease out a discernable Pope ldquo Francis effect rdquo in the behavior of American Catholics but maybe it needs to look beyond its telephone surveys Talking to some vocation directors might make a good start Jesuit vocations officers for instance are reporting

Matt Emerson looks at the advent of "death studies" on college campuses.

Chicago Cardinal Francis E. George is preparing to undergo a new round of chemotherapy to address "current signs of activity of cancer cells surrounding his right kidney," according to a March 7 announcement by the Chicago Archdiocese.The cardinal has met with his medical team, which recom

Robert D. Sullivan on the GOP's "tough-love" opposition to social welfare programs.

To all the doubters who asked whether Pope Francis would prove to be all style and no substance the answer is in This highly popular innovative pope means business For sure he is the master of both grand and spontaneous gestures His request for prayers before his first blessing was a grand pu

In the first entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on Galatians I discussed introductory matters concerning the founding of the churches to the Galatians the situation when Paul wrote to them when the letter might have been written and the type of letters which Paul wrote based on the com

During the next six weeks we will hear often about traditional Lenten practices -- prayer fasting and almsgiving as well as the temporary relinquishing of something we crave or depend upon These practices as Catholics know are meant to purge our selfishness and sin and inspire our hunger for

How should we respond to the news of the recent death of another snake-handling Christian nbsp I can tell you a few ways that have been tried condescension amusement disbelief mockery advocacy and rational assessment of the textual place of the snake-handling verses in the Bible Some who wou

Miriam Weeks the daughter of a doctor in Spokane now a freshman at Duke University hopes to ldquo screw her way all the way to graduation rdquo Now do I have your attention I love newspapers I read four every day My father wrote editorials for The Trenton Times and four other dailies includi

Though the recession still lingers some of the nation 39 s most well known Catholic universities appear as financially healthy as ever Over the last few weeks the University of Notre Dame has received a great deal of attention for its 400 million expansion but its not the only Catholic univers

Part II of the Discussion (Pages 165-463)Read Part I here.Three hundred and sixty-five years ago this month, Sts. Jean de Brebeuf and Gabriel Lalemant were killed at Taenhatentaron/Saint-Ignace following Iroquois raids on two Wendat villages (Saint Ignace and St. Louis). In 1949, 300 years after the