Are American nuns paying for the sins of a Jesuit priest who died in the 1950s It might seem that way given the ongoing showdown between doctrinal hard-liners in the Vatican and leaders representing more than 40 000 U S sisters with one of Rome rsquo s chief complaints being the nuns rsquo conti
In All Things
‘America’ Names Gerard O’Connell Vatican Correspondent and Opens Rome Bureau
New York NY nbsp May 21 2014 ndash Fr Matt Malone S J Editor in Chief of America announced today the appointment of Gerard O rsquo Connell nbsp as full-time Associate Editor and Vatican Correspondent Mr O rsquo Connell will serve as the Rome bureau chief for America the first appointme
Unhealthy Inequality
Many of us know the ruckus that emerged when Pope Francis tweeted “Idquo Iniquitas Radix Malorum,” “Inequality is the root of evil.” He got accused by the likes of Rush Limbaugh of being a Marxist.
Jesuit Superior General to Resign in 2016
The Jesuit Curia has approved our sharing this news released today nbsp The Superior General of the Society of Jesus nbsp Father Adolfo Nicolas SJ will submit his resignation nbsp with the approval of Pope Francis to the Jesuits nbsp in late 2016 because of his advanced age 78 nbsp Fr Ni
What Jordan can teach the Muslim world in welcoming Pope Francis
The officially Islamic country is rolling out the red carpet this weekend for the leader of the world’s largest Christian denomination.
Taking up the Welcome Mat
As Pope Francis rests up for his three-day trip to the Holy Land Jewish extremists are putting out the word that Christians are not welcome in Israel There have been fourteen incidents of ldquo price-tagging rdquo that is defacing Christian sites with hate slogans in the last year seven in th
Readings: Who Should Speak? ‘Snooki’ or Kermit?
It is graduation time again and both The New York Times and The Washington Post have surveyed the campuses and their pundits have deplored the controversies in which the famous are invited to address graduates only to be forced to withdraw because various student or faculty groups object In ldquo
Cardinal Kasper, ‘Pope’s Theologian,’ In the Spotlight
To hear Cardinal Walter Kasper tell it he became the pope rsquo s point man for reform in the Catholic Church thanks to a bit of serendipity or if you will Providence before anyone knew that Francis was going to be the next Roman pontiff The genesis of their partnership Kasper recalled during
Bring Back James Baldwin
The work of James Baldwin should be more present in U.S. classrooms and added back to the Common Core.
Slavery, Ignorance, and Empathy
Twenty-Five It does not seem like a significant number Twenty-five cents can buy a gumball It rsquo s the atomic number for the element manganese It is the number on the uniforms of baseball players Mark McGwire Barry Bonds and Mark Teixeira It rsquo s the minimum age for someone to run for t
