¿Cómo puede la Iglesia continuar a sostener sus ministerios y ser testigo de las verdades eternas de su enseñanza si sus propios empleados no las aceptan todas?
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Posted inArts & Culture, Podcasts
Hollywood takes on heaven
This week America‘s L.A. Correspondent, Jim McDermott, S.J., talks to Kerry Weber and Matt Malone, S.J., and they discuss how Hollywood portrays religion—for better and for worse. For Jim McDermott, many attempts to explore religious territory in film and television are kitschy, but a new show called “The Good Place” has a particularly sophisticated take on […]
Posted inEditorials, Faith
How should the church respond when gay employees get married?
How can the church continue to sustain its ministries while bearing witness to the timeless truths of its teaching when its own employees do not accept them all?
Posted inCurrent Comment, Faith
The Holy See should not abandon Taipei, even for better relations with Beijing.
Despite its functional independence, Taiwan is still regarded in Beijing as a renegade province.
Posted inCurrent Comment, Politics & Society
How the heir apparent of white nationalism left the movement
Derek Black was royalty among U.S. white nationalists.
Posted inCurrent Comment, Politics & Society
The U.S. torture program has ended. But for its victims, the trauma continues.
The United States strives to both honor and assist our wounded veterans; but how do we treat our enemies?
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
What is the new Jesuit Superior General really like?
This week Tim Reidy and Ashley McKinless welcome America‘s editor at large James Martin, S.J., into the studio. Together they discuss the new Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Arturo Sosa, S.J., and what type of leader he will make in comparison to his predecessor.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
There’s a heroin epidemic in this country and faith communities need to be talking more about it.
In the last 10 years, the number of heroin-related overdoses nearly quadruple.
Posted inCurrent Comment, Politics & Society
Why are we allowing hackers to censor information?
Increasingly large attacks are made possible by the so-called internet of things.
Posted inCurrent Comment, Politics & Society
The way Wells Fargo treated its employees is the real scandal
Wells Fargo reports that over the last five years it has terminated 5,300 employees for “inappropriate sales conduct.” Not one of the bank’s top managers received a pink slip.