The Boston Marathon bombings have fed fears of terrorism and also given new encouragement to one of our society’s preferred ways of dealing with the fear of terrorism: we assign it to the realm of the irrational, to which we oppose the rationality of our own society. The revelation that the pe
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What Explains Andy Greeley?: Taking the measure of a many-sided man
Father Andrew M. Greeley’s prolific career halted in Chicago on a chilly November day in 2008. His overcoat snagged as he stepped out of a taxi, throwing him down to a fractured skull. Vibrant at 80, Greeley underwent brain surgery. He returned to his apartment high above Chicago in the John H
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Why Mystery Matters: Martha, Mary and the gap between economics and theology
Martha, Mary and the gap between economics and theology: a response to ‘Just Economics’
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CNN Will Always Be With Us: The return of Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Newsroom’
Can ‘The Newsroom’ help us to process the death of Travyon Martin?
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Woody’s World: Richard A. Blake on the films of Woody Allen
A selection of reviews of Woody Allen’s films from former America film critic and Allen biographer, Richard A. Blake, S.J.
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A Busy Vatican Friday: Encyclical and Canonization Plans for Popes
It appears that releasing his first encyclical today wasn 39 t enough for Pope Francis According to a Vatican Radio news report Federico Lombardi SJ the Vatican spokesperson and director of the Holy See Press Office called journalists back for a suprise second press conference after the earlie
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This Week in Writing
This week two giants of the publishing world joined forces Penguin a subsidiary of Pearson Group has merged with Random House to form what Markus Dohle the chief executive officer of the newly minted Penguin Random House has described as the ldquo first truly global trade book publishing compa
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Lumen Fidei: Excerpts from Pope Francis’ first encyclical
The first encylical from Pope Francis, Lumen Fidei, was released today in Rome. The full text can be read here. Here the editors of America offer some notable selections:Faith is born of an encounter with the living God who calls us and reveals his love, a love which pr
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Gettysburg’s Catholic Memories: From July 5, 1913
From July 5, 1913, a tribute to William Corby, C.S.C., a priest memorialized with a monument at Gettysburg
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The Court and Same-Sex Marriage: Five things everyone should know
On June 26, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court decided two cases related to same-sex marriage, United States v. Windsor and Hollingsworth v. Perry. In Windsor, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the definition of marriage set forth in DOMA, the federal Defense of Marriage Act, violated the Fifth Amend