The Gosnell trial unmasked the horrific violence of abortion and the terrible exploitation of poor women that often comes with it It reminded us of what abortion is hellip the destruction of babies before and now in some documented cases after they are born It is very important to remember all th

After the Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor the Franciscans Jos Rodriguez Carballo OFM nbsp was named secretary of the Congregation for Religious a new Minister General -- the leader of the tens of thousands Franciscan friars worldwide and the successor to St Francis of Assisi -

The mission of America, wrote its first editor in chief, is not only to “chronicle events of the day and the progress of the church” but also to “stimulate effort and originate movements for the betterment of the masses.” When John Wynne, S.J., penned those words in 1909, he

The sheer volume of U.S. military interventions comes as something of a shock.

Much-needed reforms in the way food aid is delivered may be thwarted in Congress.

At the end of 2011, the Catholic population worldwide reached 1.214 billion.

Dr. Kermit Gosnell was convicted on May 13 of murder at his Philadelphia abortion clinic, but “nothing can bring back the innocent children he killed, or make up for the vulnerable women he exploited,” said Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M.Cap., of Philadelphia. In a statement on May

In 2010 the film critic Roger Ebert told Esquire: “All is well. I am as I should be.”

In Rome on May 9, Sally Hodgdon of the United States, superior of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Chambery, was elected vice president of the International Union of Superiors General, a body that includes 1,900 religious orders of women worldwide. • Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York on May 13

Beware those who insist that public choices are simply matters of “prudential judgment.”

Tears of JoyAs the grandparent of a Providence College student, I saw the “Papal Embrace” before it became viral on the Web. But, in looking at it anew on the cover of the April 29 issue, I gained a new appreciation of the sanctity of the moment caught not by the central characters, but

By the time of March Madness, entries were pouring in for the Foley poetry contest, with its $1,000 prize. We heard from Ljubljana, Slovenia; Alicante, Spain; Lagos, Nigeria; and Vatican City; plus Dijon, Edmonton, Queensland and Kerala State.Forty entries came to us from the seventh grade at Lakesi

One of the strongest images I have of my paternal grandparents’ home in east Tennessee is of a rather large print of the Sacred Heart of Jesus that hung at the far end of their hallway. My grandmother told me that she and Grandpa had received it as a wedding gift in 1946. It had been hanging i

The 2013 Foley poetry prize winning poem, by Chelsea Wagenaar

A truce among El Salvador’s street gangs has resulted in a dramatic reduction in homicides.

Human trafficking is so widespread that U.S. congregations of women religious are uniting in a nationwide effort to limit its reach. For years individual congregations have run human trafficking awareness programs regionally. Sister Margaret Nacke, of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Concordia, Kan., sa

“Money has to serve, not to rule," Pope Francis said. " We have created new idols."

This December marks the 50th anniversary of “Inter Mirifica,” the “Decree on the Means of Social Communication” promulgated by the Second Vatican Council. The decree is one of the guiding lights for America. The reflections on our mission and identity in this issue are heavil

Speaking on behalf of the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops nbsp the chairman of the USCCB 39 s Committee on International Justice and Peace said nbsp the Obama administration 39 s policy of targeted killings by drones raise ldquo serious moral questions rdquo including concerns related to d

No matter how upset an author may be by a review of his or her book the conventional wisdom is not to write a letter in response The letter will only draw more attention to the critical review and the author is likely to come across as petty and defensive Garry Wills a frequent contributor to t