When asked why he does not want to hire Catholics, the Connecticut public school principal said that if someone is “raised a hardcore Catholic, it's like they're brainwashed. You can never change their mindset.”

Joshua Masterson, the writer and illustrator of "The Catholic Cartoon," uses modern technology to embrace an old-school cartoonist's style.

From 1995: James Martin, S.J., asked a number of the leading figures of American Catholicism to answer a short but complicated question: How can I find God?

In 1995, James Martin, S.J., asked a number of the leading figures of American Catholicism to answer a short but complicated question: How can I find God? In 1997, he returned to the question with a new group of interlocutors.

When it was founded in 1909, America sought to be journal of general interest to all Americans despite its specific Jesuit charism. The goal remain the same today.

Bishop Robert W. McElroy is a strong choice by Pope Francis for the College of Cardinals. But he should stay in San Diego, where a growing church needs a dynamic leader.