While church officials have publicly identified 185 clergy members in Illinois as having been “credibly” accused of child sexual abuse, the Illinois attorney general’s office states that it found allegations of abuse by at least 500 more.
James T. Keane
James T. Keane is a Senior Editor at America.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Lessons from John Allen Chau (and Francis Xavier) for Catholic missions today
How should Christians interpret and implement the Gospel mandate to bring the good news to all peoples and nations?
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
How to read virtuously: Fall Literary Review
With this Fall Books literary issue, we offer writers and texts that we certainly feel are best read closely and conscientiously.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
A Catholic Book Club milestone (and more)
The Catholic Book Club continues to flourish, approaching 2,000 members.
Posted inArts & Culture, Short Take
Curses! The Dodgers, the Red Sox and the Irish
Are the Dodgers now baseball’s cursed squad?
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Should St. Óscar Romero have been canonized back in El Salvador?
El Salvador celebrates the canonization of their patron saint—but should the ceremony have taken place in San Salvador?
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Spiritual direction for the second half of life
“No matter how long or short our lifespan,” Barbara Lee writes, “we live our spiritual life in the present.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
An interview with Jim Gavin, creator of whimsical, offbeat “Lodge 49”
“Lodge 49” is a “very personal story” for creator Jim Gavin. “It’s about losing a parent and losing everything you worked for as a family.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
John Irving wrestles with religious themes new and old
One of the leading novelists of our age on faith, fiction and his distrust of religious institutions.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The otherworldly science fiction of China’s Cixin Liu
Cixin Liu’s “Remembrance of Earth’s Past” trilogy, a series of science-fiction novels first published in China a decade ago, has been called “the Chinese Star Wars.”