Tim Reidy

We are happy to have this on-the-ground report from Dan Groody C S C of the University of Notre Dame TURKEY–The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that the number of Syrians fleeing their country rsquo s violent conflict could number up to 700 000 by year rsquo s end and 1

We are pleased to announce that America will now feature videos from Catholic News Service along with the weekly videos produced by our staff Check the blog or the video player on our home page for the latest videos We begin with a report from CNS on the opening day of Synod of Bishops on the new

Tomorrow marks the beginning of the Synod of Bishops on the new evangelization Here we offer an introduction to the new evangelization from the Archbishop Rino Fisichella the first president of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization This article is reproduced with perm

Just posted to our Web site an analysis of the upcoming synod on the new evangelization from James Gorman and Robert S Rivers C S P of the Paulist New England Outreach Ministry This month the world rsquo s bishops will gather for a Synod dedicated to the new evangelization The preparatory

Will tomorrow s debate have any effect on the upcoming election Robert David Sullivan previews the contest between President Obama and Governor Romney in this special Web only feature The conventional wisdom is that this year rsquo s three presidential debates the first of which airs on October

Just posted to our Web site Robert J Nogosek C S C recalls the early days of Vatican II and a crucial moment that set the tone for the rest of the Council For the most part the large American hierarchy had arrived out of duty and with no agenda of their own Our bishops were used to confo

We are very happy to have this essay on Paul Thomas Anderson s epic The Master from our reviewer John Anderson The film opened in limited release on Friday and will be showing nationwide starting this weekend Attending one of the many sold-out shows of The Master directed by Paul Thomas Ande

We are pleased to post this guest blog from Anna Nussbaum Keating Though Catholics make up 27 of the electorate there is no such thing as ldquo the Catholic vote rdquo The Democrats are closer to the Catholic position on immigration and the environment the Republicans are closer to the Cathol

We are happy to post this guest blog from Elias Mallon S A on the occasion of Pope Benedict s visit to Lebanon this weekend Dr Mallon a Franciscan Friar of the Atonement is education and interreligious affairs officer at the Catholic Near East Welfare Association In ecumenical discussions ab

This guest blog post comes courtesy of Joseph McShane S J the president of Fordham University In August Fordham University mdash along with Boston College DePaul Georgetown Holy Cross Marquette Notre Dame and San Francisco mdash filed an amicus brief before the Supreme Court in the case o