But unlike baseball’s haphazard attempts to “improve” the game, the church must prayerfully discern its next steps. There is so much more at stake.
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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God works through our imperfections
Reflection for Saturday of the Thirteenth Week of Ordinary Time, by J.D. Long-García
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Latino Catholics are leaving the Church. Can we welcome them back?
Why are Latinos leaving the Catholic Church? And where are they going? In Phoenix, Grace Walk Church has welcomed those searching for a spiritual home away from the Catholic Church
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20 years after Bishop O’Brien’s sex abuse cover-up and deadly hit-and-run, have Catholics in Phoenix healed?
All Catholics in Phoenix, on some level, felt the sting of the sexual abuse crisis. Dozens of priests and deacons were accused, leading many of us to question our faith. Have we come to terms with it?
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How we treat the dead reveals what we believe about everlasting life
Reflection for the Memorial of St. Boniface, Bishop and Martyr, by J.D. Long-García
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Humiliation vs. humility: The wisdom we can learn from Jesus
A Reflection for Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter, by J.D. Long-García
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Imagining what Jesus’ last days were like for his disciples
Reflection for Monday of Holy Week, by J.D. Long-García
Posted inFaith, Jesuit School Spotlight
Jesuit High School women’s basketball player heads to the N.C.A.A.
Sofia Bell was recently selected to play in the 2023 McDonald’s All-American Games and had offers from schools like Gonzaga, Notre Dame and Stanford.
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Oscar-nominee ‘All that Breathes’ finds God in scavengers and parasites
“All That Breathes,” an Oscar nominee for Best Documentary, echo aspects of Ignatian spirituality.
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Want to understand Pope Francis on immigration? Look to his Ignatian spirituality.
Pope Francis sees the embrace of migrants as a new ‘frontier’ for mission, a privileged opportunity to proclaim Jesus Christ and the Gospel message, in accordance with his Ignatian worldview.