AMERICA AND NBC NEWSNBC CORRESPONDENT: ANN CURRYNBC PRODUCERS: JUSTIN BALDING AND NATASHA LEBEDEVAFOR AMERICA: MATT MALONE, S.J.Editor’s Note: The following is an edited transcript of the NBC/America interview with Archbishop-Designate Blase Cupich. It has been edited for clarity, length

Pope Francis’ first major U.S. appointment will be installed today.

The well-publicized Nov 10-13 meeting of the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops seems to have left a lot of people yawning Maybe it was just the impression conveyed by media desperate for something spicy to cover When it comes to the annual fall assembly of bishops media sometimes forget they a

Will continue to work with both parties to pass comprehensive reform

Much of the private discussions at the fall meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have focused on how the American hierarchy can shift its priorities to better track those of Pope Francis, especially on social justice issues such as poverty and immigration.But what they&r

Net neutrality is great, but Obama needs to address economic stagnation to get voters enthusiastic about Democratic Party.

Immigration and poverty on bishops' public policy agenda

The U.S. bishops on Nov. 11 chose a new secretary-elect and chairmen-elect for several committees, all of whom will begin their service in November 2015.The bishops also selected from among their number to serve on the boards of Catholic Relief Services, the bishops' international aid and develo

On the day after the midterm elections, pundits who misjudged the Republican wave confidently explained what it meant, Democrats played blame games and Republicans debated whether cooperation or confrontation is the best way forward. The sweeping Republican victory was shaped by history, geography a

While writing my recent column quot The Moviegoers quot which told a story of differing approaches to evangelization of Western culture I was reminded of a recent experience on the other side of the world This past June I spent a week in Tokyo where I had the chance to speak with some of the J