The big screen has a strange relationship with abortion. The oft-made claim that Hollywood advances a liberal social agenda doesn’t hold much water when it comes to the prochoice cause. While sex, drugs and alternative lifestyles abound, when it comes to unplanned pregnancies, more often

States ranked on factors such as high school graduation rates, per capita income, life expectancy and crime rate.

Cardinal says critics of pope's words on economic injustice fail to "understand reality."

Negotiators in Ethiopia reach plan to end violence and release detainees.

Despite single-digit temperatures, thousands descended on Washington on Jan. 22 to declare their opposition to abortion. Most of the red noses and chapped lips belonged to faces under 25. "We are the pro-life generation," read signs carried by the marchers.March for Life President Jeanne M

A big congratulations to Georgetown University the oldest Catholic and Jesuit university in the country which today celebrates its 225th Anniversary As the school 39 s website noted On this day in 1789 the university 39 s founder Bishop John Carroll obtained the first deed for the land on w

For Syria, dialogue is the only way forward, said Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi today. Tomasi is head of the Holy See delegation at the international conference on Syria in Montreux, Switzerland. “Confronted with the indescribable suffering of the Syrian people," he said, "a sens

New York was the biggest loser of American citizens from 2012 to 2013 according to Census Bureau data released on Thursday The state had 104 470 more people moving to other states than moving in more than offsetting its net gain of 101 778 from international migration Texas gained the most pick

We are ever to ask ourselves, not, in the first place, whether or not we believe in the truth of Christ—the demons do as much—but whether we truly love him.

The New York Times reports that the city of Phoenix has an ambitious new agenda to expand its charter schools The goal is to open 25 high-performing schools over five years within 220 square miles of the Phoenix Union High School District The district in South and central Phoenix whose largely po

Syrians hold out little hope for peace, Christians in the region pray for unity

Remarks made in homily of the Jan. 21 Mass opening the National Prayer Vigil for Life.

You probably know Father James Martin as Editor at Large of America, but you may not know that he also serves as The Official Chaplain of the satircal news show The Colbert Report. Mr. Colbert is known for his conservative, blowhard on-screen persona, and is a devout Catholic both on and o

A Pew Research Center study issued on Jan. 14 shows another increase in hostility toward religion by most of the world’s 198 nations. The share of countries with a high or very high level of social hostility involving religion reached a six-year peak in 2012, the study said. The number of nati

Challenges ahead for parents and regulators as legal recreational marijuana sales begin

More than ever, the cross exposes the pretensions of our threadbare metaphysical systems.

The Gun Control LobbyRe “Inexcusable Inaction” (Editorial, 12/9): I am deeply touched by the clarity and passion with which the editors have pursued the idiocy of our current gun law impasse. In sympathy with this cause, I have a plan to achieve victory.Right now legislators are reluctan

They have the storm of the centuryevery winter in Buffalo. Buffalo is like a pilgrim site for snow.Buffalo is Capistrano for blizzards. Think of the word, “snow-bank.”Think of Buffalo as the Federal Reserve. Imagine Lake Erie as your in-lawsand know how Buffalo feels 

What can we learn from the trials and missteps of the founding fathers?