The U S Senate rsquo s Judiciary Committee begins its confirmation hearings today for nominee Sonya Sotomayor The Post had a great piece yesterday from her collegiate mentor at Princeton that shows her to be precisely the kind of hard-working fair-minded and deeply read person we want on the Cou

Sometimes we post on things that have nothing to do with religion nbsp Or as Homer Simpson would say do they For some time since the birth of my two young nephews I ve been thinking about how much nbsp childhood has altered since I was a boy nbsp Yes I know blah blah blah O tempora nb

The editor in chief of America Drew Christiansen S J has forgotten more about Catholic social teaching than I rsquo ve ever known mdash and he rsquo s not forgotten much nbsp So I urge you to read his commentary nbsp below nbsp on the pope rsquo s new encyclical on social justice and the econ

For four years now many Catholics have been waiting for a new social encyclical When would the pope treat globalization Do a thorough treatment of environmental ethics Comment on the global economic crisis Come to the defense of labor Speculation peaked two years on the 40th anniversary of Pop

ldquo Tell me what you eat rdquo the French gastronomist Anthelme Brillat-Savarin famously quipped ldquo and I will tell you what you are rdquo By that standard Americans might be said to be as corny as Kansas Corn represents the central staple of American agribusiness American cattle fatt

A conference in New York took up a topic that has been much debated in recent years in arenas ranging from popular culture to papal addresses.

'The Shack' has become both a fascination and an object of contempt to millions of Christians.

"The Stoning of Soroya M." is a haunting reminder of the Gospel story of the woman caught in adultery.

Going through the stack of letters to America each week can be a profound education.

Iran's Bloody June; Twittering in Tehran; Military Spending Soars