While we in New York were celebrating the installation of Archbishop Dolan and preparing for our Centennial Mass nbsp this news dropped nbsp Rumors had been around for the past few weeks among the secular media nbsp It s the news of the Vatican s investigation of the Leadership Conference of

I am usually in agreement with Father Thomas Reese S J at least about issues that relate to the intersection of politics and religion But his article over at the Post rsquo s On Faith about the next ambassador to the Vatican is wrong-headed Reese rightly insists that an ambassador represents

While today we celebrate our own planetary home with Earth Day the Philadelphia Inquirer s Faye Flam nbsp reports from a nbsp meeting in England that scientists have discovered the most Earth-like world yet orbiting a star 21 light-years away nbsp Previous discoveries or inferences since de

Sometimes in politics something that is said by a politician is so outrageous that it is the late night comics not the newsmen who capture the essence of the absurdity So it is with the remarks of former Vice-President of the United States Dick Cheney regarding the release of Justice Department

The announcement that Bishop Robert Carlson is headed to St Louis which has been vacant almost a year is welcome news indeed Like the previous incumbent Archbishop Raymond Burke Carlson is not likely to be mistaken for a liberal anytime soon But more importantly he brings a compelling perso

Youth violence surfaces in our public consciousness this week as we mark the 10th anniversary of Columbine As we inevitably debate the conditions and causes for youth violence we would do well to pay attention to a pervasive and life-threatening condition that affects a growing number of American

In many of the post-Easter readings speakers today Peter Jesus reach back into the tradition in which they are rooted in order to make sense of the fresh events nbsp Our way of saying that is that they re-view Old Testament tradition while gripped by what they have just experienced at Easter

Watching President Barack Obama at the Summit of the Americas confirmed that this man rsquo s personal story has intertwined with the nation rsquo s complicated and usually tragic racial history in such a way that others can rsquo t tear their eyes away from him President Obama walks into a room an

First of all, I want to say, as speakers on great occasions always say, how honored I am to be here. For me it is very true. I have great and personal reasons for saying this. I first discovered America as Columbus was wont to say, back in the 1950's when a newly named editor invited me to come for

If Jesus were a gardener, what kind of garden would he plant?

Three experts on church history and governance discuss Marco Politi's article on episcopal collaboration.

Pope Benedict XVI called for all nations to end the production, stockpiling and use of land mines and cluster bombs.

Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Birmingham, England (left), as archbishop of Westminster.

The church teaches that "every life has value and dignity. That is a given," said Andy Rivas, executive director of the Texas Catholic Conference during a Feb. 24 program at the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington. Rivas helped devise a program of events in Texas in November that sought

The bishop cited a principle often credited to St. Augustine: "In essential things unity, in doubtful things liberty, but in all things love.

Thousands of Haitians in the U.S. face deportation. They deserve better.

"There will be nothing expected of you but your presence and your willingness to pray with me," said Pittsburgh Bishop David A. Zubik.

An appreciation of Wendell Berry