Kerry Weber

As a big fan of The West Wing I always looked forward to any scenes in which President Bartlett s Catholicism came into focus Bartlett played of course by Martin Sheen was a generally likeable intelligent character who often grappled with moral implications of his faith In this recent inter

Under the category of Interesting Use of a Guinness World Record Attempt as a Method of Evangelization and Protest approximately 24 000 students and teachers gathered on March 9 at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila to form the world s largest human cross Check out a slideshow containing mor

I recently wrote about my encounter with an Iraqi Christian refugee family in Lebanon during a press trip with the Catholic Near East Welfare Association in Nov 2010 During that trip I also spoke briefly with Issam Bishara the Vice President for the Pontifical Mission for the Middle East about t

From NPR The Sisters of St Francis of Philadelphia say McDonald s has some explaining to do They want the company to report to the world on what it s doing to address the public s concerns about the health effects of fast food They are especially interested in how the fare affects kids The n

At Poynter org Martin Baron editor of the Boston Globe talks about the journalistic process behind breaking the story of sexual abuse by priests He says he lit the match starting the investigation on his first day on the job nearly ten years ago Baron was determined to avoid ldquo he said s

By now you rsquo ve probably heard about the video in which an unseen man and woman ask a clinic manager at a New Jersey Planned Parenthood clinic for advice They want to know how to obtain medical care and abortions for underage prostitutes without getting into trouble with the law The clinic ma

It s award season in Hollywood and although the staff here at America won t be heading to the Kodak Theater we do have an honor of our own to celebrate America has been nominated for a Readers Choice Award for Best Catholic Magazine over at About com s Catholicism page We re grateful for your s

In this week s Signs of the Times liturgists voice their concerns about the translation and implementation of the new Roman Missal Meetings of North American liturgists last month provided a first impression of how well the upcoming introduction of the new Roman Missal is likely to proceed Atte