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On this week s podcast Drew Christiansen S J offers an introduction to Reinhold Niebuhr the mid-20th century theologian and public intellectual who has been invoked by David Brooks and others as a major influence on President Obama s foreign policy Father Christiansen argues that the pundits g

The hoary argument that Budd Schulberg and Elia Kazan sought to use their film On the Waterfront to justify their decision to name names before the House Un-American Activities Committee was resurrected once again last month in the New York Times Magazine s annual The Lives They Lived issue In

While we continue to publish on a biweekly print schedule in January our news pages will be updated weekly on our Web site The latest round of Signs of the Times items has just been posted Read about the life of Cardinal Cahal Daly who was instrumental in pushing Norhtern Ireland toward peace a

As America takes a brief break from its weekly publication schedule for the Christmas holiday we offer a few online only features for our regular Web readers First we have just posted an online edition of Signs of the Times our weekly news roundup This week s edition includes stories on the Cop

Father Larry Snyder the president of Catholic Charities visited America s offices earlier this month to discuss the unique challenges facing Catholic aid agencies as they seek to meet the needs stemming from last year s economic collapse In its latest survey of agencies nationwide Catholic Chari

You may already be aware that a vigorous discussion of Fr Michael Ryan s article Why Don t We Just Say Wait is ongoing in the article s comments boxes But perhaps you did not know that our podcast this week features an interview with Father Ryan Father Ryan talks about his experience with t

Tom Reese S J over at On Faith offers a thorough examination of the brewing controversy in Washington that is pitting the church against the DC city council As Michael O Loughlin noted earlier the archdiocese has threatened to stop offering social services if it is forced to abide by a propos

Brother Jack Curran F S C at Bethelehem University has asked us to post this news release about the detention of a Bethelehem University student Seeking HELP for a Bethlehem University Student28 October 2009 nbsp Earlier today we learned that Ms Berlanty Azzam a 4th year student enrolled at Be

One of the goals of the America s Web site is to foster a community for our readers friends–even our critics To that end we have decided to revisit our comments policy As of today comments for blogs and articles will no longer be vetted before being posted We hope this will allow for a more l

In our latest addition to our online Books amp Culture section Rev Robert E Lauder places Alice McDermott in the great pantheon of great Catholic writers Father Lauder a professor of philosophy at St John s University in New York compares McDemott s fiction to giants of the 20th century lik