How can we nurture and maintain compassion amid all the terrible news? Three interconnected aspects of Ignatian spirituality offer a way.
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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Don’t judge people—including yourself
A Reflection for Friday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time, by J.D. Long García
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Meet the Catholic schools serving students with special needs
Because Catholic education should be available to all.
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Money can’t change our need for God
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time, by J.D. Long García
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Inside the U.S. bishops’ plan for Hispanic ministry in the era of mass deportations
Immigrant accompaniment is just one of the priorities the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops set for Hispanic ministry in 2026.
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Forgiving—even when we’d rather not
A Reflection for Monday of the Sixteenth Week of Ordinary Time, by J.D. Long García
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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