This election is is forcing us to “sacar los trapos sucios,” bring out our dirty laundry.
Cecilia González-Andrieu
Cecilia González-Andrieu, PhD. is professor of theology at Loyola Marymount University and a contributing writer for America. Among her many publications is Bridge to Wonder: Art as a Gospel of Beauty. She is also an advisor to Discerning Deacons, the Ignatian Solidarity Network and Catholic Women Preach.
Posted inFaith, Features
‘The Melting Pot’ is an outdated image of America. We need a new metaphor to define the nation.
What kind of people will we be, not only at the end of the Covid-19 storm but throughout the journey?
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
How one graduating senior is choosing happiness over desolation in spite of coronavirus
The first in her family to attend college, a student reflects with her professor on her life of struggles and growth as she prepares to graduate from Loyola Marymount University.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Watching the Democratic debate with my students at Loyola Marymount
There was something truly inspiring about the presence of these undocumented students at a moment that could very well determine their place in this country.
Posted inFaith, Features
The Legacy of ‘La Virgen del Tepeyac,’ a play about Our Lady of Guadalupe
The story of “La Virgen del Tepeyac” is about the birth of a people.
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With a church in crisis, why do Catholic women stay?
In many corners of the church, women are not treated with equal dignity and worth. Too often, the structures of the Catholic Church show little openness to meaningful transformation. But our church’s lack of insight, and the breakdown of our own self-monitoring systems, are curable.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The difficult questions Catholics need to ask after the college admissions scandal
Asking the question about access to universities overlooks the painful truth that the entire journey of education is profoundly challenging for the poor and people of color.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
V Encuentro: Young Latinos and women are ready to lead. Will the church make room?
Young adults are ready and willing to take on responsibility for and within the church. And many already have.
Posted inFaith, Features
Searching for God in the city of angels
Just as I saw with my coworkers, the expressions of faith of the poor and vulnerable are occurring against a background of chaos and fear.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
A 3-question examination of conscience on immigration that all Catholics need to do
Catholics are called to act and to equip ourselves with truth-telling tools to transform the polemics of immigration into a grace-filled response to human suffering.