Change is not to be feared; interreligious openness has not weakened, but strengthened the church.

On Sept. 17, 2015, Matt Malone, S.J., president and editor in chief of America Media, spoke with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. at the office of the vice president in Washington, D.C., about his faith, his family and his public life. A complete video recording can be found at

Pope Francis rsquo s address to Congress is the topic of much anticipation and speculation because it is an unavoidably political event nbsp As I talk to reporters the questions always come around to the likely partisan impact of Francis rsquo speech nbsp ldquo Granted Francis is prolife and

There was more evidence of a Francis Effect on religious leadership today with the release of a declaration on climate change meant “to engage the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims on the issue of our time.”

Every unnecessary death is a tragedy; but they don't all get the same coverage.

Why housing policy could be the next battle in the culture wars

'We are not owners of the earth. We are its stewards.'

Francis is not planning to allow "Laudato Si'" to suffer fate of other papal documents

In a recent news story shared here nbsp at America it was reported that George Cardinal Pell Vatican Secretary for the Economy offered a critique of Pope Francis rsquo recent encyclical nbsp ldquo Laudato Si rsquo rdquo In an interview with the nbsp Financial Times nbsp on July 16 Pell sta

A question that has arisen in the wake of Pope Francis 39 new encyclical is of whether its plea for the rights and dignity of creation is continuous with Catholic teaching thus far or an innovation Is the pope teaching something new or old To understand the story better I spoke by phone with F