Those who never got around to reading Jesus of Nazareth might have a better chance of getting through Pope Benedict XVI s latest work a children s book The 48-page book is called The Friends of Jesus and is based on texts from the pope s Wednesday general audiences The cover illustration by an It

From a U S C C B press release WASHINGTON mdash Archbishop Donald W Wuerl of Washington Chairman of the Committee on Doctrine of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops USCCB responded to a clarification from the Vatican that raised the attempted ordination of a women to a ldquo mor

For anyone concerned that undocumented immigrants are taking jobs from American citizens the United Farm Workers has a response Come take them back nbsp The UFW has started a Web site called takeourjobs org nbsp A statement posted on the site s homepage clarifies the message There are two is

Approximately 11 percent of teachers at Catholic elementary schools are male including priests and brothers and in a recent piece on The Washington Post rsquo s nbsp ldquo On Faith rdquo blog guest contributor Mark Judge argues that this number is far too low He writes ldquo This imbalance

From The Boston Globe The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston moving to stabilize its finances and replace an old-fashioned patchwork of parish taxes and fees is rolling out a new financial model in which all parishes will be expected to contribute 18 percent of their weekly offertory ldquo gr

Faith-based programs create a culture of service amid economic crisis.

Not everyone can spend a year or two as a full-time volunteer. That’s why some long-term faith-based volunteer programs have started offering new opportunities for those with only a week or a summer to spare. Though short-term programs are sometimes criticized as superficial fixes, Katherine H

From the AP VATICAN CITY AP -- The Vatican on Monday admonished a leading cardinal for having publicly criticized the former Vatican No 2 for his handling of clerical abuse cases In a statement the Vatican said only the pope can make such accusations against a cardinal not another so-called p

This week our online exclusives include content from several America editors In our podcast Web Editor Tim Reidy and I talk about my year of volunteer service on the Navajo Reservation through the Mercy Volunteer Corps Powered by Podbean com Associate Editor Kevin Clarke spoke with Sist

The role of the Catholic press is a complicated one as newspapers and magazines work to balance the desire to spread the Good News with the responsibility to report truthfully on the not-so-good news in which our church sometimes finds itself involved To address this complex role the annual Catho