Jim Martin S J chats with Stephen Colbert about Pope Benedict XVI s visit to the United States as well as Stephen s chances for sainthood And Jim backstage with Colbert Jim Keane SJ

As Michael Corleone once said every time he tries to get out they pull him back in Fr Jim Martin SJ will be Stephen Colbert s first guest tonight on the Colbert Report Comedy Central 11 30pm Eastern Time discussing the papal visit You may have seen Jim on television once or twice th

When Benedict XVI celebrates mass at Yankee Stadium today he will be the third pope to do so Paul VI celebrated mass there on his visit to the United States in 1965 and John Paul II celebrated mass there in 1979 as well as in 1969 as a cardinal In his 1965 visit Paul VI asked Americans to

When I lived in Philadelphia in my early 20s I was always impressed by the way Philly did things its own way The following story from NBC s Philadelphia affiliate is a reminder of that tradition Nun named head of Philadelphia-area chamber of commerce The sister in question Francesca Onle

Last night at Fordham University Cardinal Avery Dulles presented the 39th and final McGinley Lecture of his 20-year tenure as McGinley Chair at Fordham The lecture was read by Fr Joseph O Hare S J an associate editor at America and President Emeritus of Fordham University and a response wa

The pope visits Yankee Stadium, and other sacred moments in secular spaces.

My students and I at Fordham have been reading Shushaku Endo s Silence this week as part of a class on Catholic novels Translated by William Johnston S J whose long and distinguished career includes a recent essay published in America the novel treats the struggles of Christian missionari

Enough the Resurrection A heart s-clarion Away grief s gasping joyless days dejection Across my foundering deck shone A beacon an eternal beam Flesh fade and mortal trash Fall to the residuary worm world s wildfire leave but ash In a flash at a trumpet crash I am all at once w

There have been spades of media reports this Lent about other Christian denominations in the United States taking on and adapting traditionally Catholic devotions and Lenten practices as a young single friend of mine recently said gone are the days when Ash Wednesday at work could double for twent

The news from New Haven is that former British Prime Minister and recent convert to Catholicism Tony Blair will teach a seminar at Yale University next year on Faith and Globalization Or considering his side of the pond Globalisation Blair will serve as the Howland Distinguished Fellow