in Barack Obama’s new memoir, readers get to know a host of colorful characters who played a role in the campaign for the presidency and Obama’s first term in office.
Molly Cahill
Molly Cahill is an associate editor at America. She was a 2020-2021 O'Hare Fellow.
Posted inExplainer, Politics & Society
These 14 senators are all Jesuit-educated. But they don’t vote (or pray) alike.
They’re Democrats and Republicans, Catholics, Protestants and a Buddhist. But they all graduated from a Jesuit high school, college or university.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
The music that got a few 20-somethings through 2020: Dolly, rap and everything in between
From three 20-somethings, here are the musical selections that have helped us to remember and thank 2020.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Pixar’s ‘Soul’ imagines life after death (and before birth). What does Catholic teaching say?
“Our bodies are mortal, but our soul is, by its nature, immortal and created to spend eternity with God,” says Dawn Eden Goldstein.
Posted inAdvent Reflections, Faith
Mary’s Magnificat reminds us that God is close to those the world forgets
A Reflection for the Fourth Tuesday of Advent.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
How L’Arche is providing health (and spiritual) care to people with disabilities amid Covid-19
Coronavirus health restrictions created profound obstacles for the communal relationships and interplay of everyday life at L’Arche communities.
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
Joe Biden quoted the Prayer of St. Francis last night. But did the beloved saint actually write it?
Joe Biden’s Catholic faith was on full display as he quoted a prayer cherished by many Catholics: “Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is darkness, light.”
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
On 40th anniversary of their killing, missionaries of El Salvador remembered for their political witness as much as their faith
Biographer Eileen Markey said that the four women were very aware that their work could put them in harm’s way.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Pandemic Accounting: Need is up, charitable giving is down as Covid-19 crisis continues
At the same time that the Covid-19 crisis has driven up the need for direct services from charities, it has depressed the dollar amounts in donations they are likely to receive.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
An open letter to the bishops, from a young Catholic who’s only known a church in scandal
Young people did not lose a trust we once had in the clergy; many of us never had that trust in the first place.