St. John Paul II knew about the Theodore McCarrick sex abuse allegations—and promoted him anyway. Why?
James T. Keane
James T. Keane is a Senior Editor at America.
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
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.’