If our recent review of the film The Mighty Macs sparked your interest in the real-life individuals who helped catapult the basketball team of a small Catholic women s college into the national spotlight you may want to head over to Fordham University for the 7th Annual Rita Cassella Jones Lect

If you haven t done so already head over to the National Catholic Reporter for a great in-depth look at Catholics in the United States today The home page for the series is here The series looks at Catholic education parish life spirituality commitment identity politics the Eucharist Mille

The New York Times reports on the push for personhood and a new anti-abortion amendment in Mississippi A constitutional amendment facing voters in Mississippi on Nov 8 and similar initiatives brewing in half a dozen other states including Florida and Ohio would declare a fertilized human egg

Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez on pilgrimages, families ties and the creation of their newest film.

Luke Hansen s writing may be known to America readers but his day job mdash as the volunteer coordinator at Red Cloud Indian School on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota mdash hasn t been quite so visible However a new special on ABC s 20 20 hopes to shed light on the land and pe

From Carol Zimmermann at Catholic News Service WASHINGTON CNS -- Since 2006 the U S Catholic bishops Migration and Refugee Services has helped more than 2 700 victims of human trafficking obtain food clothing and access to medical care That service has come to a halt because the agency re

On this Feast of St Francis Faith Hope and Love the blog of CatholicMatch com offers an interesting look at single Catholic pet owners From a member survey CatholicMatch com learned that 62 percent of single Catholics own a pet and Christina Ries the blog s editor says that this statis