Michael Sean Winters

Robert Novak famous for publishing the name of CIA officer Valerie Plame has decided to use his morning column to pose as the head of the Vatican s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith He notes that several pro-choice politicians received communion at the papal Masses in Washington and Ne

Sometimes the irony is so close it is difficult to see My friend Andrew Sullivan heads his blog with a quote from George Orwell To see what is in front of one s nose needs a constant struggle And as often as not the irony is in the words themselves Catholic is a word with a meaning

Barack Obama lost the Catholic vote in Pennsylvania to Hillary Clinton by an enormous margin of 68 -31 but his inability to attract Catholics has dogged him in earlier contests too The Catholic vote overlaps with other demographics blue collar older ethnic white all of which have garnered

Hillary Clinton said last night that the road to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue leads through Pennsylvania But for the next few weeks the road from Pennsylvania leads to electoral purgatory Clinton can t win the nomination unless she so bloodies Barack Obama that the super-delegates and the voters

There are man reasons that many Democrats are hoping the results of today s Pennsylvania primary will finally bring the race to a close But if six months ago anyone would have suggested that one of the reasons to end the race is so that Bill Clinton can leave the stage they would have been lau

In the final weekend before tomorrow s primary in Pennsylvania Hillary and Clinton and Barack Obama have been making a last pitch to the voters You can bet that both campaigns have poll-tested precisely what that pitch should be what argument will sway the voters at the last minute Yet both c

Father Richard John Neuhaus has been doing on-air commentary for EWTN during the Pope s visit Yesterday at the papal Mass held in the new Nationals stadium he crossed a line he should not have twice criticizing the liturgy for its multicultural emphasis and questioning whether those who pla

The Pope s itinerary did not include Boston the center of the clerical sex abuse crisis so Boston came to the Pope In a private meeting at the nunciature Pope Benedict XVI met with half a dozen victims of clerical sex abuse prayed with them and Boston Cardinal Sean O Malley OFM Cap gave

The blogosphere erupted before last night s debate on ABC was even over and the eruption began on the pages of ABC s own Web site It was almost one hour before hosts Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos got around to asking a question about a real issue instead focusing on Rev Wright B

I told you so but I did Back in the third week of January http americamagazine org blog entry cfm blog id 2 id 9D26AE9A-3048-887F-8F45813D8C1D5293 I urged Barack Obama to introduce a family friendly approach to immigration reform This would perfectly illustrate the kind of transformative lea