Study aimed explain sharp decline in the number of religious women in the United States.

State governments shrunk a bit in 2012 according to data released last week by the Census Bureau see press release or PDF report with total revenue dropping by 1 8 percent and expenditures falling by 0 5 percent But there were big differences among states in terms of how much they spent and how

The new this-should-be-talked-about book is a big one mdash 1 250 pages of 6 million words mdash yet it rsquo s a quick read All 6 million words are the same one word only printed 6 million times The author Phil Chernofsky tells the New York Times nbsp that each word mdash Jew mdash symboliz

Editor rsquo s Note Some of the challenges facing Honduras today are featured in the Feb 10 issue of America After the country held national elections on Nov 24 America nbsp asked Ismael Moreno Coto S J popularly known as Padre Melo to reflect on the implications of the elections Padre Mel

Bishop oppose extension of security barrier that would cut through Palestinian-owned land.

Faith-based organizations encouraged by President Obama's focus on poverty and immigration.

Catholic priest who fled the recent fighting remains hopeful that a cease-fire will hold.

Candles are a potent reminder of what it means to be a Christian. We burn away; we are spent, so that others might see the Christ.

The reviews for President Obama rsquo s State of the Union address are as expected mdash the adjectives ldquo small-bore rdquo and ldquo small-ball rdquo need to be retired for the rest of the century mdash and one New York congressman has learned how dangerous it is to make news right after

The University of Notre Dame made news today with its announcement of a major campus expansion In fact the University described it asthe largest building project in its 172-year history integrating the academy student life and athletics with the construction of more than 750 000 square feet in t

Jim McDermott, S.J., reviews the big, bad "Wolf of Wall Street," up for five Oscars at this Sunday's Academy Awards.

ldquo Leave out the women and you don rsquo t have a full and robust economy Lead with the women and you do rdquo These are the opening words of the report by Maria Shriver and the Center for American Progress titled ldquo The Shriver Report A Woman rsquo s Nation Pushes Back from the Brink

A round up of live tweets from (Un)Conventional Wisdom blogger Robert D. Sullivan during last night's State of the Union Address

On The Ignatian Educator, Matt Emerson asks: What can we do to encourage excellence of soul?

A flurry of pro-life events around the nation augmented the annual March for Life Jan. 22 in a frigid Washington.In New Haven, Conn., headquarters of the Knights of Columbus, the Knights released the results of a poll conducted for them by Marist University.The poll, released Jan. 21, indicated supp

Ill health and sexual harassment charges against him appear to be behind his resignation.

Debt from college loans makes some men and women postpone joining a religious community, according to a survey of men and women professing final vows as members of a religious order. Ten percent of those who professed final vows in 2013 had an average amount of $31,000 in college debt and the averag

Love of country is a good thing. American exceptionalism more often resembles lust.