Tim Reidy

Both Archbishop Jean Jadot and Cardinal Pio Laghi died this month Jadot served as an apostolic delegate to the United States under Paul VI and Laghi was nuncio under John Paul II In 1990 Father Tom Reese offered this helpful comparison of the two men and the legacy of the bishops that were appoi

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For those culture vultures out there America has just posted two Web-only items of note The first is a review of the film Doubt by Michael V Tueth S J a professor of communications at Fordham University and a frequent contributor to our pages Doubt of course is based on the Tony-award win

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair sat down with religion reporters in New Haven on Thurday before his final class on Faith and Globalization at Yale University and the America Magazine Podcast was in attendance Click here to listen And if you haven t already subscribed to our podcast

Drew Christiansen S J America s editor in chief has written a special commentary on the Vatican s new instruction on bioethics Dignitas Personae Among the topics taken up in the instruction are in vitro fertilization cloning and stem cell research You can read it here The full text of D

Just a reminder that we are posting weekly Advent reflections over at The Good Word and on our YouTube page nbsp Here is Associate Editor Matt Malone S J on a song that always reminds him of the Advent season