Graham Greene has had more malevolent biographers than anyone is due.

Emilie Griffin on how Christian faith informs life’s journey, especially in the later years.

Where would contemporary theology be except for the works of the Jesuits Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) and Henri de Lubac (1896-1991) of France, Karl Rahner (1904-84) of Germany, Bernard Lonergan (1904-84) of Canada and John Courtney Murray (1904-67) of the United States?The Swiss-born Hans

This homily was delivered by Bishop Blase J Cupich of Spokane Wash on January 21 Thanks to Bishop Cupich for sharing it with us Our gathering this noon coincides with two national feasts the inauguration of our president and the Martin Luther King Jr holiday Both events put us in touch with

nbsp Society of Jesus Statement on the 40th Anniversary of Roe v Wade 22 January 2013On this 40th anniversary of Roe v Wade the Society of Jesus in the United States the Jesuits the largest religious community of priests and brothers in the Roman Catholic Church vigorously affirms our opposi

nbsp The president rsquo s tone was measured but the agenda he detailed in today rsquo s inauguration speech was surprisingly robust The president suggested that his final term in office would be dedicated to shoring up the nation rsquo s declining middle class confronting climate change pressi

nbsp President Obama 39 s baby steps toward U S gun violence containment received some words of support from an unlikely source the Vatican In his weekly editorial Father Federico Lombardi S J director of the Press Office of the Holy See commented directly on Obama 39 s proposals then bro

Cambridge MA I spent a little time this week reading The Testament of Mary by the Irish novelist Colm T ib n It is a meditation in the voice of Mary the Mother of Jesus in her old age as she looks back on her life I needn rsquo t summarize it here since America has already printed a fine

nbsp An Irish priest Tony Flannery CSsR has announced that he plans to defy the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith 39 s silencing of him An article from today 39 s New York Times appears accurate but since there will probably be a great deal of discussion about this topic and since t

Polls show Catholics favor stricter gun control laws more than members of any other denomination yet some wonder why it seems church leaders don rsquo t say much about the issue Below are 16 church leaders who have indeed taken a public stand This is by no means an exhaustive list In the comment

From 1988, the editors on the United States' fragmented Latin American policy

nbsp Here is some great news After almost a year of planning and preparation America Press has released today a brand-new Kindle edition of the classic memoir With God in Russia by Servant of God Walter Ciszek SJ whose cause for canonization has just been announced America Press was the orig

Kathryn Bigelow's 'Zero Dark Thirty' is a masterpiece of ambiguity.

nbsp We seldom remember when or where we learned life rsquo s truly useful lessons Plato suggested that this is because deep down the soul has always known these truths though that teaching of Plato didn rsquo t seem familiar to me the first time I heard it Perhaps we simply remember the be

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At an event in Washington last night reexamining the race for the White House and looking forward to the next four years hosted by NPR Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page discussed the fractured cultural climate in which we find ourselves citing the hyper-partisan programming on both Fox News

Barack Obama began his presidency in courageous fashion. In his inaugural address, he boldly proclaimed, “We reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals.” Then, on just his second day in office, he backed up his signature campaign promise by signing an executive order to