Perinatal hospice offers compassionate care to children with life-limiting conditions.
Kerry Weber
Kerry Weber joined the staff of America in October 2009. Her writing and multimedia work have since earned several awards from the Catholic Press Association, and in 2013 she reported from Rwanda as a recipient of Catholic Relief Services' Egan Journalism Fellowship. Kerry is the author of Mercy in the City: How to Feed the Hungry, Give Drink to the Thirsty, Visit the Imprisoned, and Keep Your Day Job (Loyola Press) and Keeping the Faith: Prayers for College Students (Twenty-Third Publications). A graduate of Providence College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, she has previously worked as an editor for Catholic Digest, a local reporter, a diocesan television producer, and as a special-education teacher on the Navajo reservation in Arizona.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Why I took my 3-year-old to the Catholic Day of Action for Immigrant Children
Of course, the train ride was the highlight of his day. But I am hopeful he learned what it means to welcome the stranger.
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
We asked Catholic women if they supported the possibility of women deacons. Here is what they said.
Our survey of Catholic women found little opposition to the ordination of women as permanent deacons, but a survey of U.S. bishops revealed more skepticism of the idea.
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How should we understand ‘wives, be subordinate to your husbands’?
If we look at the qualities required to fulfill the request rather than the connotation of the word itself, what is simply being asked of women and men is sacrificial love.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Tomie dePaola’s books help us find the sacred in stories of service and stillness
Many of dePaola’s most delightful characters are those who persevere in the worthy effort to simply be themselves.
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What can I say to my kids when they ask why we keep faith in this church?
I have found myself for the first time truly afraid of what it means to ask and to allow my children to be part of the church.
Posted inArts & Culture, Last Take
Reading to my son about trucks, trains and automobiles
Of all the things I looked forward to while pregnant with my son, reading books to him was very close to the top of that list.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Who are the ‘real’ Catholics? A survey of women prompts challenging questions
The only answers that mattered, some argued, were the ones offered by people who attended Mass weekly or more.
Posted inFaith, Features
The humble, indispensable women leading the Catholic Church you’ve (probably) never heard of
The church may benefit from a more deliberate effort to reach out to Catholic women.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Father Greg Boyle’s new book offers the hard-earned wisdom of former gang members
“Barking at the Choir” allows the hard-earned wisdom of former gang members to reach a new audience.