On the moral demands of environmental policy

From our pages: April 13, 1968

Silver-Tongued Regarding the online article “Barack Obama and Vatican II,” by John W. O’Malley, S.J. Flourishing rhetoric is expected during a political campaign (at least in the United States), but one quickly tires of it. I agreed with very little that President George W. Bush di

The U.S. bishops have agreed on a set of principles designed to ensure a fair process when health care workers decide whether to join a union.

Palliative care must be part of the nations health care reform, said Colleen Scanlon (left), of the Catholic Health Association.

Iran's Bloody June; Twittering in Tehran; Military Spending Soars

Transmuting the horrors of the Congo into a memorable evening of theater is the core achievement of 'Ruined.'

What the church can do for couples struggling with infertility

The spirituality of administration

Time magazine rsquo s Richard Wolffe author of the new biography of Barack Obama Renegade in an interview last week with Charlie Rose described the president as a self-made man With respect to his religion in particular Wolffe noted Mr Obma is the son and step-son of a Muslim and a hippie

Readers have asked for further comment from me on President Barack Obama rsquo s ldquo round robin rdquo with religious editors and reporters I have to say I learned a number of things that day ndash mostly about journalism First my respect for bread and butter journalists like CNS rsquo s Pat

For Catholic social ethicists the eve of a social encyclical on the economy resembles Christmas Eve There rsquo s great anticipation in the air What new gifts will the Pope offer to the tradition of Catholic social teaching How will they be received by the various members of this global Catholi

The Boston nbsp Globe running a story by Nicole nbsp Winfield of AP today has reported that the cure of a man from Marshfield Mass has been officially accepted by the Vatican as a cure attributable to the intercession of John Henry Newman clearing the way for his beatification nbsp nbsp We

A week before President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet Pope Benedict XVI praise for Obama came from a perhaps unexpected source the former theologian of the papal household under Pope John Paul II nbsp As reported by John R Allen Jr of the National Catholic Reporter Cardinal George Cottier

I love listening to the President address issues like health care reform or fixing the economy He is lucid in ways few of our presidents have been and virtually no other contemporary politician is He seems to accurately assess not only the issues involved but the values that underlay the issues P

Fr Drew Christiansen SJ editor in chief of America reports on his visit along with a small group of Catholic press representatives with President Obama this morning Thurs July 2 at the White House Fr Christiansen is pictured in the photo at the far left of the table nbsp The quotes

As mentioned yesterday Michael Novak of the American Enterprise Institute has produced a short discourse on the Pope rsquo s not-yet released encyclical on social justice over at First Things Novak rsquo s article is to the encyclical what condoms are to intercourse Novak is trying and trying de

Don t miss the extensive front-page story in The New York Times by lead religion reporter Laurie Goodstein on the Apostolic Visitation of women s religious orders in this country and of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious nbsp nbsp The Times nbsp has comments not only from Mother Mar

Cambridge MA For some time now I rsquo d been thinking of writing this incidental reflection in early July but I did not imagine that Cambridge would be 60 degrees and soaking in a cold rain as I write So much for summer idylls But I do still want to give you an idea of what a professor actual