Religious intolerance continues to be an issue in the Middle East In Syria Jesuits voice concern over missing priests nbsp and religious minorities are being victimized in Pakistan nbsp nbsp Sixty-eight years after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki the President of the Pontifical Council fo

John A. Coleman, S.J., pays tribute to his teacher, mentor and friend, who died one year ago on the Feast of St. Ignatius.

More than 10 years ago America published an article I wrote entitled ldquo Shall We Dance quot The question that I raised in the piece was whether we as a people of God would respond to the invitation to ldquo Praise God rsquo s Name in the Festive Dance rdquo Ps 149 3 When I saw millions of

I found it amusing that the biggest news from World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro was not that Pope Francis nbsp attracted 3 7 million people to nbsp his Sunday Mass on Copacabana Beach nbsp inevitably nicknamed ldquo Popacabana rdquo for the week Nor was it the pope rsquo s dramatic speech befor

The study of 1 Thessalonians offered here is in the form of a traditional commentary although secondary scholarship is engaged more intermittently than would be the case in a commentary published in a regular print series This is the eighth entry in the online commentary on 1 Thessalonians In the

nbsp The seventeenth issue of the journal n 1 is now out and the theme is ldquo Evil rdquo For those not familiar with the relatively young publication it was founded in 2004 n 1 is a self-described ldquo print magazine of politics literature and culture rdquo which features thematic issu

House Republicans double down on cuts; Bishop Pates calls for compromise.

It may seem a bit bizarre to encounter a title quot The Jesuits and Secularization quot appearing close by the feast of Saint Ignatius Surely the sons of Ignatius have imbibed Ignatius 39 famous trope about quot finding God in all things quot such that the purely secular i e a realm de

Russia grants Edward Snowden a nbsp one-year asylum Bishop of Saltillo Mgr Raul Vera Lopez condemns local Mexican prison for its abhorrent conditions In Chile the Cathedral of Santiago re-opens after violent raid last week We posted a story about the possible kidnapping of a Jesuit priest in Syria

nbsp One burden of adulthood is the speed at which times flies nbsp A blessing of childhood is time rsquo s lethargy nbsp When school dismisses for the year adults take some comfort in knowing that the summer holidays will pass quickly nbsp Children in contrast enter the reign of summer

Secretary of State John Kerry and the U.S. State Department significantly raised the bar both on the ambitions and expectations for upcoming negotiations between West Bank Palestinians and the State of Israel. The wild card left out of the new discussions, which have set the laudable but so far elus

A chance remark led me back to Walden I was urging revolution on a harassed friend and rummaged in my memory for Thoreau rsquo s remark about living boldly The line was on the tip of my tongue but would not leave it I picked up my copy of Walden and began browsing the many passages I had underlin

My Brothers and Sisters in Christ On this Feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola founder of the Society of Jesus we give thanks for the many gifts that God has bestowed on the Society of Jesus and our colleagues and friends throughout the world Here at America we offer a special prayer of thanksgivin

Someone arrived on my doorstep last week A new novel by Alice McDermott winner of the National Book Award and three-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize is always an event for literature enthusiasts in general and for Catholic book lovers in particular McDermott rsquo s novels transport her read

Today Pope Francis celebrated Mass at the Church of the Gesu the Mother Church of the Society of Jesus in Rome at 8 a m nbsp Concelebrating with the Holy Father were the Superior General of the Society of Jesus Adolfo Nicolas SJ Archbishop Luis Ladaria SJ Secretary of the Congregation for t

Sociologist Robert Bellah coiner of the phrase quot civil religion quot nbsp has passed away he is remembered here nbsp and here Happy Feast of St Ignatius Day Pope Francis celebrates Mass nbsp at the Vatican marking the feast day of St Ignatius the founder of the Jesuits Check the Jesui

Paolo Dall'Oglio, S.J., has spent more than 30 years promoting Muslim-Christian dialogue.

The career of the former U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican spanned 60 years.

An Austrian priest is urging the church to adopt a series of reforms, including greater lay involvement.