People at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., form a queue to enter a tent erected to test for coronavirus March 19, 2020. (CNS photo/Andrew Kelly, Reuters)

Catholic Health Association joins call for ramp-up of Covid-19 response

by America Staff March 20, 2020

C.H.A. and the other organizations emphasized the need to increase medical capacity and testing, enhance the national supply of critical medical equipment, protect front-line care providers and technicians and improve coordination in treating patients.

This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses.

News Analysis, Politics & Society

Coronavirus: News, Reflections, Analysis. What you need to know.

by America Staff March 12, 2020

The latest news and analysis on the spread of and response to coronavirus.

Community, Press Release

America Media Announces 2020-2021 O’Hare Fellows

by America Staff March 11, 2020

Three graduating seniors from Jesuit colleges and universities awarded fellowships

Community

Traug Keller named Chief Operating Officer of America Media

by America Staff January 17, 2020

Rev. Matthew F. Malone, S.J., president and editor in chief of America Media, announced today the appointment of Traug Keller as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Mr. Keller currently serves as senior vice president of ESPN, the global sports network, which announced his retirement on Jan. 10.

A man celebrates in Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 8, 2020, after the country launched missiles at U.S.-led forces in Iraq. (CNS photo/Nazanin Tabatabaee, West Asia News Agency via Reuters)

News Analysis, Politics & Society

What is the Vatican’s response to Trump’s attack on Iran?

by America Staff January 9, 2020

On “Inside the Vatican” this week, hosts Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell discuss the Holy See’s reaction to the U.S. drone strike that claimed the life of Qassim Soleimani and look back at the similarities between this attack and the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Bishop Richard J. Malone of Buffalo, N.Y., in 2015. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Faith, News

Vatican orders apostolic visitation for the Diocese of Buffalo

by America Staff October 3, 2019

Bishop Richard Malone said that he welcomes the apostolic visitation, which he said was for the good of the church in Buffalo, and said he would cooperate fully.

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Faith, Politics & Society

Pope Francis visits Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius

by America Staff September 4, 2019

Pope Francis visited the African Republics of Mozambique, Madagascar, and Mauritius between Sept. 4 and Sept. 10.

Thousands of Puerto Ricans joined one of the biggest protests ever seen in the U.S. territory, with irate islanders pledging to drive Gov. Ricardo Rossello from office, in San Juan, Puerto Rico on July 22. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Dispatches, Politics & Society

Puerto Rico’s bishops call for Governor Ricardo Rosselló to step down

by America Staff July 22, 2019

The bishops said in a statement on July 19: “You, Mr. Governor, bribed and attacked people and groups that participate in our democratic coexistence and therefore cannot continue to exercise your role.”