Kerry Weber is an executive editor for America. On May 20, 2025, the Catholic Media Association announced that she was elected president of the organization.
Grace Lenahan
Grace Lenahan is an O'Hare Fellow at America Media.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
Talking with my friends about mortality
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Anthony of Padua, Priest and Doctor of the Church, by Grace Lenahan
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
A documentary on Carlo Acutis offers a spiritual roadmap from the first millennial saint
Blessed Carlo Acutis offers a counterexample for our digital age: a teenager who embraced technology not as an escape, but as a tool for communion—with others, and with God.
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
The 2025 Foley poetry contest: Lyric questions about grief
These are poems that grip your heart, stretch your mind and startle your soul awake.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
Be a sheep for God
A Reflection for Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter, by Grace Lenahan
Posted inFaith
What parish priests are hoping for in a new pope
And what pressing questions they believe the Catholic Church faces today
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
Fr. Bill Atkinson, O.S.A, found God beyond the labels that divide us
A Reflection for Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent, by Grace Lenahan
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
An atheist walks into a Catholic convent: Charlotte Wood on her novel ‘Stone Yard Devotional’
Wood’s earlier novels contain explicit social critiques, but ‘Stone Yard Devotional’ does its intellectual heavy lifting at an arm’s-length distance. “I wanted to write a book that doesn’t teach or explain or condescend,” she told America in an interview over Zoom in February.
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When the world needs rest
A Reflection for Wednesday of the First Week of Lent, by Grace Lenahan
Posted inInterviews, Politics & Society
What Catholic social teaching says about Trump’s tariffs
Economist and Jesuit priest Stephen Pitts, S.J., weighs in on President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico.