If the tragic revelations of the Catholic Church’s sex abuse crisis are any guide, the process of reckoning with problems that have been avoided for decades will itself take decades.
The Editors
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We need to stop treating Latinos as if they were new to Catholicism
This week’s guest is Hosffman Ospino, an associate professor of Hispanic ministry and religious education at Boston College. His latest piece is “10 ways Hispanics are redefining American Catholicism in the 21st century.” “We tend to think of Hispanics as newcomers,” says Dr. Ospino. Yet, “we need to keep in mind the long history of […]
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Our enforcement-only immigration policy is torturing our brothers and sisters
An undocumented 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy is not a threat to U.S. national security.
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Catholics who voted for Trump and love Pope Francis want real change.
This week’s guest is Father Jim McDermott, a Jesuit, screenwriter and America’s Los Angeles Correspondent. His latest piece is “Meet these Catholics who voted for Trump and love Pope Francis” Over 50 percent of U.S. Catholics voted for President Trump and about 80 to 90 percent like Pope Francis. Meeting Catholics who voted for Trump […]
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The Editors: two good things trapped in a bad Republican tax bill
Cutting the corporate tax and limiting the home mortgage deduction are welcome reforms, but not in service of a windfall for the wealthiest households.
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Black Elk’s journey to Catholicism
This week’s guest is Damian Costello, the author of Black Elk: Colonialism and Lakota Catholicism. Informed by four years of work on the Navajo Reservation, Dr. Costello’s latest piece for America is “Black Elk, the Lakota medicine man turned Catholic teacher, is promoted for sainthood.” Damian Costello describes the iconic biography of Black Elk, a […]
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The Editors: Patriotism loses its meaning when it is used as a political weapon
There is nothing patriotic about a disregard for facts.
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The bail system punishes the poor—here are some more just alternatives.
It costs more to be poor in the United States.
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Ian Johnson on the state of the Catholic church in China
This week’s guest is Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Ian Johnson, an expert on Chinese religious practices based in Beijing. His latest piece for America is a report on the state of Catholicism in modern China titled: “How the top-heavy Catholic Church is losing the ground game in China.” Ian Johnson told America about the history of […]
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There’s nothing to celebrate about a detained migrant being granted access to an abortion.
The injustice of abortion itself requires us to work to protect children in the womb along with their mothers.