To achieve true reform, Pope Francis must give this crisis his full focus and lead the church in caring for those who are hurting the most.
The Editors
Posted inEditorials, Faith
A crisis that is far from over: how the church can respond to sexual abuse
The editors offer a few key steps for leaders of the church to take in response to the Pa. grand jury report.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: The free press is not the enemy
Today America joins more than 300 U.S. publications in support of the free press, which has been repeatedly insulted by President Donald J. Trump.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: Religious liberty is not just for Christians
President Trump has repeatedly and egregiously disparaged Muslims in ways that contradict his own State Department’s purported promotion of religious protections.
Posted inEditorials, Faith
The Editors: The unborn and the condemned have the same right to life
The unborn and the condemned have the same right to life, and all citizens, especially Catholics, have a duty to defend that right.
Posted inEditorials, Faith
The Editors: The Catholic Church should not be shocked by the McCarrick case—it should be ashamed.
What can the church do to help repent for the sins of leaders like Cardinal McCarrick and all those who turned a blind eye to his wrongdoing?
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
From 1968, America’s editors on ‘Humanae Vitae’
“The right of Catholics to express disagreement with their leaders is a right as old as Peter and Paul.”
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: We need laws that defend the right to vote.
Stretching voter regulation powers to the limit is contrary to the spirit of a democracy.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: Anyone who recognizes the humanity of the unborn should support the nomination of Judge Kavanaugh.
The prospect of reversing Roe increases the stakes in this nomination battle.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Family separation shows how far we are from a just immigration policy
How much suffering and outrage will it take to change the terms of the immigration debate?