During this coming election cycle, Americans (including Catholics) need to hear far more about the moral duty to protect the environment.
The Editors
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Catholics cannot see immigrants as political pawns
The United States needs to repent and believe. Until then, there will be no justice for immigrants, neither here nor in their home countries.
Posted inEditorials, Faith
Four ways the Catholic Church can actually listen more to young people
We must become a church that accompanies its people and is attuned to their hopes, doubts and lived experiences.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
A healthy democracy does not fear its leaders.
It is within our capacity to move beyond yet another national nightmare; it is in the best interests of us all to do so.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
One year after the end of Roe v. Wade: The hard, slow work of changing hearts and minds
Our society lacks the moral conviction that the unborn deserve protection in law. Pro-lifers must work to show that opposition to abortion is part of a moral vision, not mere political alignment.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
There’s a mental crisis among teens. The Catholic Church needs to respond.
The crisis for teens is both psychological and spiritual, and it demands a response from both mental health and faith communities. How do we make our church again a place of belonging for young people who are hurting?
Posted inCommunity, News
America Media Announces 2023-24 O’Hare Fellows
Sam Sawyer, S.J., editor in chief of America, and Traug Keller, America Media’s president, announced today the selection of three graduating seniors to serve as the 2023-24 Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., Postgraduate Media Fellows.
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
From 1969: America’s editors on the religious significance of the moon landing
After Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the Moon in July 1969, America’s editors called the effort to reach the Moon “so much a symbol and product of human unity as to argue its distinctively religious character in itself.”
Posted inEditorials, Faith
Repentance and Holiness: The True Meaning of Lent
That the Lord seeks not to punish us for our sins but to call us all back to holiness is a conviction so strong among theologians in the church in the modern age that it risks becoming a truism.
Posted inEditorials, Faith
Ten Years of a Pope Who Gives Interviews
In many senses, Pope Francis has proven the most communication-savvy pontiff in history. Francis has proven willing to make himself available to a degree that previous popes never even considered.