In All Things

Hope you ll enjoy America s first foray into video blogging Fr Jim Martin talks about how to incorporate prayer into your daily life nbsp Tim Reidy

Like many too-plugged in Americans my cell phone has not left my side for three days as I wait for the text message announcing Barack Obama rsquo s running mate I have kept it by my bedside in case the announcement comes before my alarm goes off I take it on my morning constitutional as I walk a

The airwaves were positively dripping with the news that Sen John McCain could not remember the number of houses and his wife Cindy own The correct answer is seven Mrs McCain is the heiress of a beer distribution company and is known to be fabulously wealthy Her 2006 tax returns showed that s

John McCain has received plaudits from conservatives for his forthright answer to pastor Rick Warren rsquo s question about human life at last Saturday rsquo s forum at Saddleback Church When asked at what point a human being acquires rights McCain said without hesitation At conception Barack

Do you read Busted Halo nbsp You should nbsp The online magazine for seekers in their 20s and 30s is one of the best spirituality websites around nbsp Consistently interesting thoughtful and very often witty it s the perfect place for the collegiate post-college and even poster-colle

Why has The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan s latest addition to the Batman franchise been so phenomenally successful In a review of the film for America two theology students propose that the film s religious imagery is what most resonates most viewers Here is Margaret Stahl a student at

Regular readers of America on the Web may have already encountered the lively discussion of Sister Camille D Arienzo s article Mercy Toward Our Fathers in which she argues that granting forgiveness can bring much-needed healing to victims of sexual abuse A number of sexual abuse victims have

The ignorance of the mainstream media and the educated elites from which they are drawn when it comes to religion is astounding and by now unsurprising But when it is wedded to historical ignorance it is time to lodge a protest This morning s Washington Post has an op-ed by Kathleen Parke

The confiscation nbsp of more than 300 Bibles from four American evangelicals arriving in China on Monday did not happen because Christianity is illegal there Bibles are not banned in China indeed 10 000 bilingual copies of the Bible are being distributed for free in the Olympic Village reported

In the Improbable Comparisons Department check out this lighthearted–but entirely accurate–look in TimeOut New York a local arts and events magazine at the upcoming seminar on Dorothy Day at the Museum of the City of New York next week nbsp Next up How is Thomas Merton like the Hulk nbsp