It was almost a throwaway line in an interview with a London newspaper by a prominent British woman politician who has always shied away from excessive publicity But it said everything Until she stood down this week from Gordon Brown s Government Ruth Kelly was one of the most competent and eff

Fr Jim Martin continue his series on prayer with an introduction to Eucharistic Adoration nbsp Tim Reidy

Almost a fifth of college students are regular smokers according to a new report from the American Lung Association Yes that is where I began smoking big time Of 119 institutions in another study the ALA cites students at 109 institutions reported seeing promotions at a campus event ldquo Th

In anticipation of the remaining presidential debates the editors of America have posted an online editorial with ten sets of questions about domestic politics for consideration by the moderators and participants The online editorial can be found here Matt Malone S J

Paul writes in Philippians 4 6-9 Brothers and sisters Have no anxiety at all but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving make your requests known to God Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus Finally brothers

One of the problems for John McCain is hellip baseball In the past two weeks the economic crisis has moved undecided voters towards Barack Obama McCain has one month to pull those voters back to undecided and then win them over It is a tall order under any circumstance But it is especially dif

Over at America a special Election Blog we are pleased to welcome John O Callaghan to our pages John is a professor of philosophy at Notre Dame Universaity and his first post can be read by clicking here Welcome John

The vice-presidential debate was not quite as exciting as it billing Overall both candidates did what they had to do their performances confirmed what we knew about them and the lack of any major blunders means the night will pass quickly from public consciousness The expectations of high drama

Well the first two debates are over and while tomorrow s coverage will focus on how they did nbsp the pattern I note emerging is just how much the McCain campaign especially as sold by Gov Sarah Palin is trying to present Reagan-era ideas as relevant to a world that has moved on nbsp Fo

Sometime soon the Catholic University Press of America will publish a book authored by Cornelia Horn of Saint Louis University and myself on children in the early Church titled Let the Little Children Come to Me Children and Childhood in Early Christianity The genesis of this book was a s

Mark has shown his readership the powers of Jesus then offered explanations for both the successes seed produced fruit - 4 8 and failures of his sowing and has shown God s work in the sowing of the kingdom and its invincible spread to include all nations Leaving all and followin

Want to have your college or grad school or job application really stand out Get published And at America rsquo s election blog we want to publish you We are launching a contest for the best blog posts Compose a blog post of 400-500 words and send it to us by October 10 There will be two cate

Memo to Obama Campaign Order 100 000 copies of Doug Kmiec rsquo s new book Can A Catholic Support Him and distribute them to the parish council members of every Catholic church in Scranton Pennsylvania and Denver Colorado and St Louis Missouri Those who have been following this blog will kn

A couple weeks ago I attended a daily mass in a Manhattan church Pretty big church people spread out but enough people present so that everyone was just a couple pews from everyone else at most At the Sign of Peace many people just stood in place and gave a polite wave Often they were jus

Barack Obama took the lead in the presidential race yesterday No not the polls although he has certainly taken the lead there Voting began for real yesterday as new state laws that allow early voting and campaigns seek to take advantage In Columbus Ohio in 2004 voters waited in long lines to

Today Oct 1 is the feast of St Therese of Lisieux popularly known as the Little Flower nbsp Though her spirituality is nbsp derided by some contemporary Catholics for being saccharine and sentimental her little way of doing small things with great love holds enormous appeal to millions of

Following upon the central parable of the sowing if you do not understand this parable how will you understand any other is the parable of the lamp This small parable about light meant to shine is interpreted by the notions of secret come to light Given the next words of Jesus meanin

Reports in recent days described the deluge of phone calls that members of Congress have received about the bailout legislation By all accounts virtually all callers have been demanding that Wall Street not be bailed out In the wake of the failed House vote yesterday the vociferous and seemingly

Bipartisanship has become a mantra in Washington as the nation faces an unprecedented economic crisis And after 20 years of slash-and-burn partisanship there is something to be said for bipartisanship But yesterday the blame for Congress rsquo s failure to structure a bailout rests partly with