WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholics working for environmental justice welcomed President Barack Obama's plan to address climate change, saying it is an ambitious proposal that deserves watching to ensure that it is carried out.The primary concern identified by the faith-based environment advocates rev

In the October 20, 1928 issue of America, the editors of the magazine inaugurated the Catholic Book Club with the following notice:[T]he Catholic Book announces that it has selected “The Way It Was with Them” by Peadar O’Donnell, as the outstanding Catholic novel of the month.

nbsp VATICAN CITY CNS -- The director and deputy director of the Vatican bank which is being investigated by a special papal commission resigned July 1 A statement from the Vatican press office said Director Paolo Cipriani and Deputy director Massimo Tulli offered their resignations quot in t

Since the first days of his pontificate, Pope Francis has spoken of his plans to renew the Synod of Bishops. In the last weeks it emerged as a centerpiece of his ministry. Three times this month he has spoken of "synodality"—that is, the role of meetings of bishops in church governance.

ldquo I have seen the earth rdquo lamented the prophet Jeremiah ldquo and here in this place is wildness and waste and I look to the heavens mdash and their light is gone I have seen the mountains and here they are wavering and all the hills palpitate I have seen and here there is no hum

nbsp 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 sixth entry in the online commentary on 1 Thessalonians I

Cambridge MA In the past weeks I wrote about my recent brief visit to China Readers may have picked up on an underlying theme I felt it was too late in life to give myself over to the China experience its culture and ways of life and religions its history and languages and current day desti

We claim to want art that challenges our assumptions. Yet cutting through the build up from our education and enculturation isn’t easy. It is especially difficult when the art we hope will entertain us also seeks to inform us about well-known historical events.The new movie “Copperhead&r

Despite using phrases like “the Jesuit order—you know, the one that includes the pope” and “Catholics—1/6 of the world’s population” I was unable to convince Plan B Entertainment that I was cool enough to get an advance DVD of "World War Z." I was

The editors of The Jesuit Post on the Supreme Court decision This week as the Supreme Court decisions about DOMA and California rsquo s Proposition 8 were handed down we watched two very different reactions develop in face-to-face conversations official statements and especially over social med

Our editor in chief Matt Malone S J spoke to Michelle Boorstein For decades America magazine has been a favorite of Catholic liberal intellectuals Run by Jesuits an order known for engaging controversial issues for the church the magazine has featured arguments on such topics as married prie

Gettysburg the largest battle of the Western hemisphere was fought a hundred and fifty years ago this week Between the North and South.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The federal Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, defining marriage as between one man and one woman is unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause, the Supreme Court ruled June 26 in a 5-4 opinion.In a separate case, the court sent back to lower courts a challenge to Californ

From the US Conference of Catholic Bishops SUPREME COURT DECISIONS ON MARRIAGE lsquo TRAGIC DAY FOR MARRIAGE AND OUR NATION rsquo STATE U S BISHOPSWASHINGTON mdash The U S Supreme Court decisions June 26 striking down part of the Defense of Marriage Act and refusing to rule on the merits of a

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the Fair Labor Standards Act signed in 1938 by President Franklin Roosevelt as the last major piece of New Deal legislation The Fair Labor Standards Act established the federal minimum wage and required premium pay for overtime work The minimum wage concept bega

The Catholic Press Association announced its annual awards for excellence over the weekend in Denver CO I am pleased to report that America was the recipient of eight first-place awards We are grateful for the endorsement of the CPA and more importantly for the support of our dedicated and gene

Cambridge MA I was asked several times during my ten days in China how I would compare China to India repeatedly I had to answer that this would be a very difficult comparison to make given that this had been my first visit to China while I rsquo ve been going to South Asia for 40 years What

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 fourth entry in the online commentary on 1 Thessalonians In the

The middle of downtown in a busy city is not where you expect to find many men walking around with bottles of vegetable oil bags of sugar or packages of diapers as if this was completely normal This was the scene however that followed the looting that I witnessed first-hand While waiting for an