Jesuit School Spotlight
The Jesuit case for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in Catholic schools
The commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging in Jesuit high schools is an integral part of their mission and identity.
The Weekly Dispatch
Ukraine and the troubling future of A.I. warfare
Reports are already surfacing of drones launched into Russia that are relying on artificial, not human, intelligence in decisions to evade defensive countermeasures, pick targets and finally conclude a strike.
Your Take
Is it OK to attend Mass even if you don’t believe in God?
In the July-August issue of America, Emma Camp argued that a person with doubts about God’s existence could still benefit from attending Mass.
Editorials
The Editors: Joe Biden’s Supreme Court reforms are not enough to heal our ailing democracy
The United States is overdue for a serious conversation not just about possible changes to the Supreme Court, but also about the functioning of our entire system of government.
Short Take
I’m tired of hearing politicians say ‘This is not who we are’ after political violence
My fellow Americans, I have some bad news: This is who we are.
Dispatches
‘We want them to go’: Spain is pushing Benedictine monks to leave Franco’s tomb, Spanish Civil War memorial
Spanish media reports that the ministry of culture is drafting a law that will expel monks. But that task will not be easy. The 21 monks do not wish to leave their monastery.
A Catholic halfway house in Florida builds community among former inmates
Two-thirds of former prisoners in the United States are arrested again within three years of being released. A Catholic halfway house in Florida is trying to change that.
Features
The future of single-sex Catholic education: Can a traditional model thrive in the 21st century?
Although critics might argue single-sex schools are a relic of the past, the people I spoke with argued that single-sex Catholic schools are uniquely poised to help their students navigate ideas of service, gender, equality and faith in our world today.
Catholic disability ministry is personal to me. Here’s where it’s thriving today—and where it still needs to grow.
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities have a part to play in the church’s work.
Faith and Reason
Socially responsible investing—the Catholic way
Socially responsible investing should be a priority for Catholic institutions and individuals alike. But investors need to look beyond negative screening to see other possibilities.
Faith in Focus
I became a lawyer because I loved books. It became my vocation because of the people.
It is my duty to assist those in need.
The Jesuit roots of the synod’s ‘conversations in the spirit’
The method has deep roots in a form of communal discernment that was developed in Canada after the Second Vatican Council.
Books
Review: Tim Kaine reminds us what’s possible in a political candidate
In ‘Walk Ride Paddle: A Life Outside,’ Kaine invites readers on a journey as he narrates his human-powered travels throughout Virginia, where he has served as senator, governor and mayor of Richmond.
Review: Amy Clampitt, the ‘late bloomer’ of poetry
Willard Spiegelman’s probing biography, ‘Nothing Stays Put: The Life and Poetry of Amy Clampitt,’ describes how she rose to meteoric heights in the poetry world relatively late in life.
‘A court with many lords and few ladies’: Mary Ann Glendon on her experiences of sexism in the Vatican
‘In the Courts of Three Popes’ gives us Mary Ann Glendon’s journey from Vatican outsider to insider and provides a captivating frame for her examination of the Vatican’s intertwined grandeur and dysfunction.
Tearing down idols: William Cavanaugh’s theology is a must-read for the modern West
In ‘The Uses of Idolatry,’ William Cavanaugh begins to write us a new story through which we might better understand ourselves and our times.
Music
Bronx bluesman and self-proclaimed ‘ferocious Catholic’: Dion DiMucci considers his legacy
Dion a great artist who continues to write and record music even now. But he is also a devoted Catholic, having returned to the faith of his childhood in midlife.
Poetry
Swift Witness
Take, eat my memory of the woods.
Original Bodies
Hollywood would not photograph us for two or three more decades, they cut away
Last Take
Lowering the temperature in Catholic culture wars—over a meal
In face-to-face conversations, Catholics can disagree without being disagreeable, moving beyond caricatures to better understand each other’s humanity and heart.
Faith
Is it OK to attend Mass even if you don’t believe in God?
In the July-August issue of America, Emma Camp argued that a person with doubts about God’s existence could still benefit from attending Mass.
The Jesuit case for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in Catholic schools
The commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging in Jesuit high schools is an integral part of their mission and identity.
I became a lawyer because I loved books. It became my vocation because of the people.
It is my duty to assist those in need.
The future of single-sex Catholic education: Can a traditional model thrive in the 21st century?
Although critics might argue single-sex schools are a relic of the past, the people I spoke with argued that single-sex Catholic schools are uniquely poised to help their students navigate ideas of service, gender, equality and faith in our world today.
Catholic disability ministry is personal to me. Here’s where it’s thriving today—and where it still needs to grow.
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities have a part to play in the church’s work.
The Jesuit roots of the synod’s ‘conversations in the spirit’
The method has deep roots in a form of communal discernment that was developed in Canada after the Second Vatican Council.
Lowering the temperature in Catholic culture wars—over a meal
In face-to-face conversations, Catholics can disagree without being disagreeable, moving beyond caricatures to better understand each other’s humanity and heart.
Cardinal Hollerich: ‘If women do not feel comfortable in the church, we have failed.’
In an exclusive interview with Gerard O’Connell, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, one of the synod’s most influential figures, discusses the role of women, bishops and all the baptized in a synodal church.
Socially responsible investing—the Catholic way
Socially responsible investing should be a priority for Catholic institutions and individuals alike. But investors need to look beyond negative screening to see other possibilities.
Vatican Dispatch
Cardinal Hollerich: ‘If women do not feel comfortable in the church, we have failed.’
In an exclusive interview with Gerard O’Connell, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, one of the synod’s most influential figures, discusses the role of women, bishops and all the baptized in a synodal church.
Politics
Faith
Culture
Vatican
Scripture
Podcasts