Who were some of the U.S. Catholics who were regularly in the news this past year?
James T. Keane
James T. Keane is a Senior Editor at America.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Remembering John le Carré, who knew that deep down, we all want to be secret agents
John le Carré, who died earlier in December, was a wildly popular spy novelist—and one of the English world’s finest fiction writers of the last half-century.
Posted inAdvent Reflections, Faith
Who is the Messiah? Go and find out.
A Reflection for the Third Wednesday of Advent
Posted inExplainer, Politics & Society
The 15 times a Catholic has been named Time’s Person of the Year
With no small bit of swagger, we present to you: Catholics who were Time’s Person of the Year.
Posted inAdvent Reflections, Faith
In a parched land, God will bring abundance.
A Reflection for the Second Thursday of Advent
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Why does the Catholic Church object to IVF? It’s more complicated than you think.
Scientific advances have allowed enormous breakthroughs in overcoming infertility—but not without some vexing ethical questions.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
The McCarrick Report and Pope John Paul II: Confronting a saint’s tarnished legacy
St. John Paul II knew about the Theodore McCarrick sex abuse allegations—and promoted him anyway. Why?
Posted inExplainer, Politics & Society
Explainer: Has it always taken this long to count every vote? Yes and no.
There is nothing unprecedented in recent decades about close presidential elections—in fact, they’re almost always close these days—and there is also nothing new in a delay in finding out the winner.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
13 saints (and 2 Marys) to pray to on Election night
Got election anxiety? There’s a patron saint for that.
Posted inExplainer, Politics & Society
The Top 3 Reasons Catholics Will Vote for Donald Trump
The Catholic case for Donald J. Trump