A Reflection for Monday of the Sixteenth Week in 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.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
The future of the U.S. Catholic Church is Latino. Our youth ministry programs need to reflect that.
“A good youth ministry program in a multicultural space can be where you integrate communities together and allow for them to really have an appreciation for different cultures.”
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Interview: What is the bishops’ eucharistic revival, and why should Catholics care?
Pew reports that only 32 percent of U.S. Catholics believe in the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist. The U.S. bishops are trying to make that number go up.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Courageous prophet or anti-Francis culture warrior? The Bishop Olmsted I knew was simply a pastor.
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted’s tenure was not without controversy, but in my nine years of working with him, I found him to be a prayerful, generous and thoughtful man.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Phoenix’s newly appointed bishop John Dolan ‘likes to dialogue, rather than shut things down’
Bishop Dolan compared his outlook to that of Pope Francis, explaining that he “grew up in a very large family, nine kids. There’s no way of drawing a line in the sand with nine kids. You can’t do that.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Two years after George Floyd’s murder, bishops’ task force fights against ‘collective sin of racism’
The murder of George Floyd at the hands of police two years ago in Minneapolis sparked a national conversation about racism that continues today—the anniversary of his tragic death.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Archbishop bars Nancy Pelosi from Communion in her home diocese, citing ‘aggressive’ defense of abortion rights
“Unfortunately, Speaker Pelosi’s position on abortion has become only more extreme over the years, especially in the last few months,” Archbishop Cordileone said in a statement May 20.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
‘Outreach’ website hopes to inspire online L.G.B.T. community for Catholics
The mission to reach the marginalized L.G.B.T. community led Father James Martin and his collaborators to launch a new website, outreach.faith, on May 1.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
American hearts bleed for Ukrainians. But Latin Americans? Meh.
Do Americans care about Ukrainians because they recognize them as victims of Vladimir Putin? Do Americans need a “big baddie” to hate before we take action on behalf of the poor and persecuted?
Posted inFaith, Jesuit School Spotlight
Homework, basketball and private equity: This is Verbum Dei High School in South L.A.
Students at Verbum Dei spend four days a week in school and one day a week in a corporate work-study program.