This week’s podcast features John Jenkins, C.S.C., the president of the University of Notre Dame. Father Jenkins recently wrote a cover story for America marking the 50-year anniversary of the Land O’ Lakes Statement, a seminal document on Catholic higher education in the United States. The document, issued in 1967, has been contested in the […]
The Editors
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How do we make sure people die a good death?
Our guest this week is America’s national correspondent, Michael O’Loughlin, whose recent article is: “How Catholic health care is fighting against the campaign for physician-assisted suicide.” “[Physician-assisted suicide] is legal in about a half dozen states, and supporters say they hope to take the campaign to about a dozen other states in the next two […]
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A New Form of Collaboration
The Gospel, my friends, sisters and brothers, is not…to be co-opted to advance any ideological position,” noted Dr. Hosffman Ospino of Boston College.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
President Trump Steps Up to Fight Famine
The Trump administration should be commended for stepping up in the face of these crises.
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Nathan Schneider on the hidden perils of philanthropy
Our guest this week is Nathan Schneider, a contributing writer for America and the author of “Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and The Case Against Philanthropy As We Know It,” which appeared in America’s June 26th issue. Is philanthropy something we want to encourage as the way things get done in our societies? Schneider finds that “it’s […]
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Donald Trump should be making more decisions in the military
No amount of flexibility on the ground can replace an achievable strategy.
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The Editors: Trumpcare bill is closing the door to democracy
Just about everyone is sick of the partisan rancor that radiates from Washington.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Liam Callanan named 2017 Hunt Prize winner
Callanan, a professor and novelist from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will be awarded the $25,000 Catholic literary prize.
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Why spirituality is central to understanding the Standing Rock protests
Our guest this week is Eileen Markey, the author of A Radical Faith: The Assassination of Sister Maura. She is also the author of America’s most recent cover article: “The Spirit of Standing Rock.” It’s the water of life, it’s waters of baptism, it’s the Jordan river. “I knew from speaking to activists and religious […]
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There are no Catholics of the ‘Left’ or ‘Right’. Here’s why.
You will not see the phrases “liberal Catholic” or “conservative Catholic” in the pages of America.