nbsp For our Spanish readers a translation of quot The Pope 39 s Legacy quot by James Martin S J courtesy of Juan V Fern ndez de la Gala La renuncia del Santo Padre constituye un gesto de noble generosidad realizado en bien de la Iglesia a la que ha amado y servido durante tanto tiempo L

nbsp The Holy Father rsquo s resignation is a selfless and noble act done for the good of the church that he has loved and served for decades nbsp The resignation announced this morning and set to take effect on Feb 28 while surprising to almost everyone is not completely unprecedented nbsp

Paying attention to the “Jesus of history” and the “Christ of faith.”

nbsp Yesterday we at America began working on quot putting to bed quot the 5 000th issue of the magazine We celebrated that milestone in suitably modest style pizza in the editorial office The editors and staff thank God our Lord for being able to nbsp serve God 39 s people since the magazine

nbsp Society of Jesus Statement on the 40th Anniversary of Roe v Wade 22 January 2013On this 40th anniversary of Roe v Wade the Society of Jesus in the United States the Jesuits the largest religious community of priests and brothers in the Roman Catholic Church vigorously affirms our opposi

nbsp An Irish priest Tony Flannery CSsR has announced that he plans to defy the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith 39 s silencing of him An article from today 39 s New York Times appears accurate but since there will probably be a great deal of discussion about this topic and since t

nbsp Here is some great news After almost a year of planning and preparation America Press has released today a brand-new Kindle edition of the classic memoir With God in Russia by Servant of God Walter Ciszek SJ whose cause for canonization has just been announced America Press was the orig

nbsp I have some very complicated feelings about Lance Armstrong 39 s upcoming confession and I presume apology on Oprah Winfrey 39 s show As a Jesuit a priest a Catholic and a Christian I believe that everyone deserves the opportunity for forgiveness nbsp Our faith is founded on a forgivi

nbsp Here is one of those strange confluences in the spiritual life nbsp Last night I read that Jeanne Manford the founder of PFLAG Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays died at the age of 92 In 1972 after her son was beaten at a gay demonstration and the police failed to intervene she

nbsp We asked Daniel P Horan OFM a Franciscan author to respond to Joan Acocella 39 s long and substantive article in this week 39 s New Yorker on St Francis of Assisi nbsp Ms Acocella a superb writer looked at several books on Il Poverello and offered a reflection on his life nbsp Fa