Could the ruling really mark the end of Blaine amendments?
Nicholas D. Sawicki
Nicholas D. Sawicki is associate director of development for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston and a frequent contributor to America.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
America’s Lenten Guide to the Best Fish Sandwiches
It’s Friday and we know what you want to know: What fish sandwich should you eat today?
Posted inExplainer, Politics & Society
How James G. Blaine became the face of anti-Catholicism in education
And what the editors of America magazine had to say about Blaine amendments
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Explainer: The difference between impeachment in the Senate and a criminal trial
Despite the conceptual similarities, a Senate trial, formally referred to as a Court of Impeachment, is fundamentally different from a standard trial.
Posted inExplainer, Politics & Society
Explainer: What is impeachment and why is it an option?
Why do we even an impeachment process when we can just vote the president out of office? John D. Feerick of the Fordham University School of Law explains in an interview with America’s Nicholas D. Sawicki.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Ronan Farrow mourns diplomacy’s end
Facing the reality of a defunded and sorely understaffed State Department and with the growing presence of active and retired military personnel in policy-making processes in an increasingly complicated global community, this book raises an important question: What hope is there for the future of peace?
Posted inTelevision
Faith and family in ‘Blue Bloods’
‘Blue Bloods’ makes us examine our own motives, relationships and faith.
Posted inFrom Our Archives
Today’s Slaves: The church’s response to the human trafficking crisis
The Vatican’s gardens are lush. Palm trees create a canopy unique to that part of the world, marble buildings punctuate the landscape, often at unexpected turns, and it is not unusual to see members of the papal staff or cardinals scurrying about, either hurrying off to a meeting or pacing in
Posted inIn All Things
The Church and the Scientific Community
In a recent news story shared here nbsp at America it was reported that George Cardinal Pell Vatican Secretary for the Economy offered a critique of Pope Francis rsquo recent encyclical nbsp ldquo Laudato Si rsquo rdquo In an interview with the nbsp Financial Times nbsp on July 16 Pell sta