The grants are a "distinctively Catholic contribution" in promoting comprehensive reform.

The next pope will have a Catholic world in transformation to shepherd.

Are more cordial relations possible in the near term between New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and President Obama? The administration and the U.S. bishops have been at loggerheads over a Department of Health and Human Services mandate for cost-free contraception in new health insurance plans and have seemed to have had more than a few brittle moments during the 2012 election. After H.H.S. recently took another crack at revising exemptions and accommodations for religious employers in its mandated coverage, Cardinal Dolan, while not signing on to the latest revision, seemed to tone down the confrontational rhetoric a notch or two, offering to continue to work with the Obama administration to find a resolution that was amenable to the consciences of all parties. That more conciliatory stance was encouraged publicly by two bishops.

As immigration reform takes center stage in Washington, we offer a selection of articles from America on immigrants and the need for immigration reform:"Does the Gospel Speak to Immigration?" Michael O'Loughlin"Immigration Reform," Cardinal Roger M. Mahoney"The Other Ame

President Obama's agenda includes many items on the wish-list of faith-based organizations.

When immigration contradictions hit home

Tom Wolfe’s Back to Blood seems like a capstone to the writer's career.

The impulse to stand out, it seems, has been overtaken by the impulse to fit in.

Finally, Immigration; All the President's Men; Vive la France?

For more than 20 years, efforts to pass a far-reaching immigration reform have fallen apart.