Got election anxiety? There’s a patron saint for that.
James T. Keane
James T. Keane is a Senior Editor at America.
Posted inExplainer, Politics & Society
The Top 3 Reasons Catholics Will Vote for Donald Trump
The Catholic case for Donald J. Trump
Posted inExplainer, Politics & Society
Explainer: Do Catholics have a moral duty to vote?
The teaching seems cut and dry—and yet there are examples of conscientious objectors, like Dorothy Day, who abstained from voting.
Posted inArts & Culture, Short Take
What does Psalm 137 have to do with the World Series? Everything.
An exciting new version of Psalm 137 has been discovered, and it gives comfort to a long-suffering people.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Explainer: Are the viral ‘pope memes’ sacrilegious?
Twitter users swapped “pope memes” last week using digitally altered images of Pope Francis celebrating the Eucharist. Was it harmless fun or sacrilege?
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Charlie Kaufman at his most surreal
Charlie Kaufman’s debut novel is not for the faint of heart. But it rewards the effort to read through a story about self-perception and the internal monologues that rattle through all of our heads.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Explainer: Is it ethical for Catholics to get a vaccine derived from abortions?
Catholic moral theology can offer some answers.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
The Catholic Book Club explores two literary classics
Over the summer the Catholic Book Club read John Kennedy Toole’s darkly comic novel, ‘A Confederacy of Dunces,’ and this fall we are finishing up our discussion of John Howard Griffin’s ‘Black Like Me.’
Posted inArts & Culture, Of Many Things
Books beyond imagining: an introduction to America’s 2020 Fall literary issue
Twice a year, America publishes special literary issues devoted in their entirety to the world of literature. In Fall Books 2020, a variety of authors and genres are explored, from fiction to poetry to biography and more.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Explainer: Yes, Catholics can vote for Democrats. (They can vote for Republicans, too!)
Are the 40 million U.S. Catholics who are registered Democrats facing the fires of hell? Not according to canon law or the U.S. bishops.