Associate editor Kerry Weber speaks with Dr. Austen Ivereigh about Margaret Thatcher's legacy. Ivereigh is coordinator and co-founder of Catholic Voices, and a well-known Catholic author, journalist and commentator in Britain.
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.
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A Video Report from Rome
Matt Malone, S.J., reports from the Vatican on the first day of the conclave.
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Voice of San Quentin
In March 2012, George Williams, S.J., initiated a series of Catholic theology, spirituality and history classes for the men of San Quentin State Prison in California. Read Kerry Weber's article on the program. Listen to a podcast about prison ministry with Kathryn Getek Soltis:
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The Mystery of Evil
James Martin, S.J., asks why a good God lets bad things happen.
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Bank Heists and Wiseguys: “Crimetown” is the next true-crime podcast you should listen to
Vincent A. Cianci Jr., better known as “Buddy,” he was a trusted (and Jesuit-educated) champion for his city as well as a convicted felon.
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Buying my first house made me rethink what Pope Francis means by a “common home”
Pope Francis reminds us to challenge ourselves to each day give of ourselves and not to count the cost.
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A new mom on what ‘meternity’ leave misses
Likening maternity leave to a sabbatical understandably rubbed many the wrong way.
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How might our church better celebrate the diversity within it?
November marks Black Catholic History Month, which was founded by the National Black Catholic Congress in 1990.
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Waiting in Hope
The new film ‘The 33’ captures stories of suffering and hope
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Of Many Things
In the end, the story of Francis’ visit is, at its heart, a story of community.