A Reflection for Tuesday of Holy Week, 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 inFaith, Short Take
Can you be pro-life and own guns?
When talking about gun control policies, we must center our conversation around the sanctity of human life.
Posted inFaith, Jesuit School Spotlight
At Loyola Blakefield in Maryland, Black alumni pave the way for future students
Kenneth Montague became the first African-American student at Loyola in 1956. He “opened the door for others to follow.”
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
Is there someone you just aren’t ready to forgive?
A Reflection for the Monday of the Second Week of Lent by J.D. Long-García
Posted inDispatches, Faith
A California bishop invited community organizers to help with the synod. So far, it’s working.
When it comes to the “Synod on Synodality” initiated by Pope Francis, Bishop Daniel E. Garcia says we don’t need to reinvent the wheel.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Afghan refugees find welcome at Franciscan retreat center in New Mexico: ‘We see this as part of the Gospel call’
“Pope Francis has said to reach out to the margins and help those who are in need, the refugees, the displaced. And we have a retreat center that has lots of space.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Migrants at the U.S. border are often traumatized. JRS provides the mental health services they desperately need.
The limbo experienced by asylum seekers waiting to be admitted to the United States and the traumatic experiences that forced them to leave their home country in the first place take a profound psychological toll.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
This Catholic high school is 70% Latino—four times the national average—and still growing
Most young Catholics are Latino, but only 17 percent of Catholic students are. This Catholic high school is trying to change that.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
The Catholics for Choice basilica stunt was shocking. Sacrilege often is.
It is appalling to see an organization that claims to be Catholic project pro-abortion messaging onto a structure that celebrates the conception of the Mother of God. What am I supposed to take from this?
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Better than Trump but ‘too slow to deliver change.’ Biden’s immigration record one year in
While acknowledging it will take years to reverse President Trump’s policies and finally move toward immigration reform, many hoped the Biden administration would have done more by this point.