In All Things

Pope Benedict will visit the USA from April 16-20 He will of course meet numerous leaders and give a series of addresses including celebrating Masses in stadiums in DC and NYC Here is an invitation What do you think the Pope should say to American Catholics and thus also to the American publ

For Democrats the worst possible scenario has suddenly emerged as a likely scenario There is almost no way for Hillary Clinton to overtake Barack Obama s lead in pledged delegates But as the primary season winds down she may have the wind at her back and he might look like damaged goods Supe

Just when you thought the Texas prima-caucus system could not get any more complicated Anecdotal evidence and some early exit polls indicate that large numbers of Republicans are voting in the Democratic primary in Texas today presumably for Obama This mixes things up quite a bit because anyone w

I was musing about the day now almost five years ago the War in Iraq began I had already determined that it was not–as a pre-emptive war and a war where the inspection of the UN inspectors was not uncovering any evidence of weapons of mass destruction–a just war No war which ended up being cal

Many Democrats are worried that if Hillary Clinton wins both Ohio and Texas tonight the race for the nomination could go on all the way until the final caucuses in Puerto Rico on June 7 where the last of the 67 pledged delegates will be awarded Well I just got back from a week in Puerto Rico an

A common trope of professorial reportage is the moment of illumination about the shape of undergraduate life today the classroom surprise that at best can become a theophany for future teaching I had such an experience last week in my introductory course on Christianity While reaching for exa

Here are the things I m reminded of every year at the LA Religious Education Congress–which ended today with a lively Mass celebrated by Roger Cardinal Mahony–and which I sometimes forget during the rest of the year First The Catholic church is alive because the People of God are alive with

If you haven t seen it already here s Fr Jim Martin s oped in today s New York Times praising the Vatican s recent directive calling for greater rigor in its own saint-making process Among Fr Jim s recommendations for a further tightening up of the process Officials could re

Cambridge MA Cycle A in the Sunday Lectionary brings us some wonderful Lenten Gospels In addition to the temptations of Jesus in the desert and the Transfiguration we are given several of the great scenes from the Gospel of John Jesus meeting the Samaritan woman at the well the healing of the

Here at America we have been talking about the central role white ethnic Catholics will play in the election for over a year They are the quintessential swing voters pulled towards the Democrats on economic issues pulled towards the GOP on social issues The fastest growing demographic in the