Faith is never a solitary activity, nor can it be simply private, said Archbishop Vincent Nichols during his installation Mass.

Sri Lankan government forces killed or injured over 25,000 civilians during its final offensive against Tamil militants, say humanitarian workers.

While it may be some time before a comprehensive reform bill is ready to advance, several individual bills already have been introduced in Congress.

Nearly five dozen Christian leaders have pledged their support to President Obama in his effort to end the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Eugne Delacroixs religious paintings were informed by the Romantic penchant for introspection.

In these days there is a masterclass in politics being given by the Obama administration in the US and the Brown Government in the UK Two teachers are demonstrating vividly and compellingly both what politics should be for and what happens when it fails One teaches a lesson in greatness the oth

The title got your attention did it not What if I had titled it The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity In the May 25 2009 issue of America Edward Foley O F M Cap wrote on the homily and its relationship to the lectionary readings of the day He argues that it is not always necessary to pr

The news keeps getting in the way of a blogpost I have been meaning to write in response to my colleague Father Jim Martin rsquo s request for civility in the blogosphere Unfortunately I can rsquo t find his original posting in the archives Father we love you to death but have to give you a n

Sometimes you can rsquo t win for losing Or lose for winning The progressive Catholic advocacy group Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good CACG long criticized by conservative Catholics for being insufficiently pro-life is now the object of an attack from its other flank The group Cathol

In his book The Future of Liberalism Alan Wolfe posits that in addition to philosophic and procedural liberalism there is such a thing as a liberal temperament an openness to debate an inquisitiveness and curiosity about the world a horror of bigotry and an optimistic appraisal of human possibil