A Reflection for Monday of the Sixteenth Week of Ordinary Time, by J.D. Long García
J.D. Long García
J.D. Long García is a senior editor at America and co-author of Clericalism: The Institutional Dimension of the Catholic Sexual Abuse Crisis.
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The immigrants killed by ICE whose names we don’t remember
The names of Renee Good and Alex Pretti echo in our national discourse. But what about Joan Sebastian Guerrero?
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What would Tocqueville say about today’s weakened, politicized Christianity?
If Tocqueville was right, religious disaffiliation threatens to undermine the principles of the Constitution.
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Why my Dominican grandfather makes me proud to be an American
My Dominican grandfather was as American as McDonald’s apple pie.
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When forgiveness gets complicated
A Reflection for Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time, by J.D. Long García
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Catholic ministry and AI: the risks, limits and opportunities
For many involved in ministry every day, the question of whether to engage with A.I. has already passed. The question that remains is how.
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New nonpartisan coalition in Fresno offers a model for Catholic organizing in a divided country
Many may be tempted to grow cynical about efforts to improve their communities, but people of faith “choose engagement over indifference, solidarity over isolation, and hope over resignation.”
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How Jesus conquers
A Reflection for Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter, by J.D. Long García
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Latinos are leaving the U.S. Catholic Church in droves. Pope Leo could bring them back.
It is precisely Pope Leo’s ability to speak English, along with his identification with Latin America, that could help the U.S.-born pope stem the exodus of U.S. Latinos from the church.
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What photographing Pope Francis over the years taught me about him—and the Holy Spirit
Are there other human beings like this? People whose mere presence makes smiling irresistible? I felt joy, excitement and somehow at the same time a deep tranquility.