Escalating rents and home prices have created invisible walls around communities all over the United States.
The Editors
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
More violence should not be our response to atrocities in Syria
Piling violence on violence is not a strategy toward peace; it is a dangerous reflex that could just prolong the suffering.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Why is a Catholic resurgence in France happening now?
On this episode of “America This Week,” hosts Kerry Weber and Matt Malone, S.J., are joined by associate editor Robert David Sullivan. They discuss new data suggesting President Trump did not win the Catholic vote in the November election, before moving on to the upcoming French election, and signs of a Catholic revival in France. […]
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vantage Point
The Supreme Court, the Senate and the Filibuster
Republican senators invoking the “nuclear option” to confirm Justice Gorsuch is a new development. But contention over the court and the filibuster has a long history.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
What can smaller parishes learn from the successes of megaparishes?
This week on the podcast, Matt Malone, S.J., and Kerry Weber talk about “Amoris Laetitia,” the family and parish life. Sam Sawyer, S.J., also offers his perspective. The main topic of this week’s conversation is Leah Libresco’s recent article, “Lessons on evangelization from the largest parish in the United States.” Libresco, a contributing editor for […]
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Easter Joy
Easter is also a reminder, one we do need, that bad news is never the last word.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Internet privacy is about the common good, not just competition and consumers
Internet regulation needs to serve the common good, not only the maintenance of profit margins.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
President Trump continues Obama’s devastating drone war
In March, it was reported that up to 200 civilians in the northern Iraq city of Mosul had been killed by a series of airstrikes.
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The hypocrisy of prosecuting the Planned Parenthood muckrakers
A law applied selectively would probably best not be applied at all. A good prosecutor would already understand that.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
The quiet radicalism of accompanying undocumented immigrants
On this week’s podcast Kerry Weber and Matt Malone, S.J., take on the continued challenge of integrating faith and action. Eric Sundrup, S.J., joins the conversation. Sister Laetitia Bordes of the Society of Helpers, who was featured in Kaya Oakes’ recent article on the Jesuit parish of St. Agnes in San Francisco, Calif., spoke to […]