John F. Kennedy

New films of interest to Catholic readers

Apr 7, 2018

Movie reviews: Moving documentaries, dystopian futures, true life stories, history reimagined and more in new movies already playing or coming soon to theaters.

'Has America lost its moral center?' asks Fordham panel

by Peter Feuerherd

Dec 5, 2017

A five-person panel examined how American life seemed to have lost its moral center. Speakers discussed a nationwide political crisis, the loneliness they've seen on the streets, and what can be regained.

Book Review

Policies of JFK and LBJ led to mass incarceration, author argues

by Timothy Kelly

Sep 28, 2016

FROM THE WAR ON POVERTY TO THE WAR ON CRIME: THE MAKING OF MASS INCARCERATION IN AMERICA
By Elizabeth Hinton
Published by Harvard University Press, 464 pages, $29.95

What's so wrong with a brokered convention?

by Pat Perriello

Mar 10, 2016

In the summer of 1956, as a 6th grader, I watched the Democratic National Convention with amazement as a young Irish Catholic senator from Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy, came within 38 ½ votes of the Democratic nomination for vice president of the United States. I also watched as he lost that nomination to Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee on the next ballot.

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New films of interest to Catholic readers

'Has America lost its moral center?' asks Fordham panel

Policies of JFK and LBJ led to mass incarceration, author argues

What's so wrong with a brokered convention?

Longtime friend of Fr. Ted Hesburgh recalls 'fisher of the young and of the old'

Cuba-U.S. reset long promoted by church leaders in both countries

How Jackie Bouvier almost married an Irish lawyer

Letters to Irish priest reveal Jackie Kennedy's struggles with faith

Volunteers say in Peace Corps they learned about universality of church

Fear, tears and silence: the day JFK died

Memoir recalls bishop setting aside own grief to write Kennedy eulogy

Remembering the assassination that defined a generation

The assassination of John F. Kennedy and 'Project Unspeakable'

How much changes in 50 years, and how much stays the same?

Exploring the true meaning of anti-Catholicism