Podcasts

Baltimore's Bishop Denis Madden is former chair and current member of the Bishops Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs. He has served as Associate Secretary General of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association and previous to that was the Director of the Pontifical Mission for Palestine office in Jerusalem. He implores that U.S. Catholics "avoid […]

This Saturday is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. America sat down with David Naglieri, writer and producer of the new documentary Guadalupe: The Miracle and the Message to talk about the history and current practice of the widely popular devotion.     

The Jubilee Year of Mercy began on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015. James Martin, S.J. talks about the Jubilee and how we can live merciful lives on a daily basis. 

Dr. Katrine Camilleri and Denise Coghlan, R.S.M., the directors of Jesuit Refugee Services in Malta and Cambodia, respectively, talk about their ministry serving refugees in a world that has seen the most refugees since the time of World War II. 

Camillian Father Bernard Kinvi directs the hospital at the Catholic mission in Bossemptele, northwestern Central African Republic. When brutal sectarian violence erupted in the country in 2013, Father Kinvi saved the lives of hundreds of besieged Muslims, whom he gathered from their homes and sheltered in the Catholic church. On Nov. 18, Human Rights Watch awarded Father Bernard Kinvi its Alison Des Forges […]

Shaun Casey talks about the new office of Religion and Global Affairs at the U.S. State department, which Secretary of State John Kerry wrote about in America in September.

Fr. Charles Barnes, the Catholic chaplain at the VA Medical Center in Seattle, talks about his ministry to veterans. 

Ellen K. Boegel, America's legal affairs editor, talks about some of the cases the Supreme Court is considering on the death penalty, and what a lower court ruling could mean for state voucher programs. 

Ronald Rolhesier, O.M.I., talks about the Passion of Christ and why it is so important to try to understand what it means, even if our understanding is only partial. 

Rabbi Daniel Polish talks about the strides in Jewish-Catholic relations since the publication of the landmark document 'Nostra Aetatae' on Oct. 28, 1965. Picture: Pope Francis embraces Rabbi Abraham Skorka during a brief stop at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Sept. 27 (CNS Photo/Paul Haring).