Young people did not lose a trust we once had in the clergy; many of us never had that trust in the first place.
Molly Cahill
Molly Cahill is Associate Director of Digital Strategy at America. She was a 2020-2021 O'Hare Fellow.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Timeline: The allegations against former Cardinal McCarrick
A timeline of the key moments that led to the rise and fall of Theodore McCarrick
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Explainer: Where did Halloween come from—and should Catholics celebrate it?
Halloween’s roots lie deep in pre-Christian rituals—but also in the long heritage of All Saints Day.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Joe Biden quotes Pope Francis’ new encyclical to warn against ‘phony populism’
A week out from the U.S. Election, Joe Biden turned to Pope Francis’ latest encyclical for inspiration in a brief address given in Warm Springs, Ga.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
NASA just discovered water on the Moon—in a crater named after a Jesuit priest
The water was found in the Clavius Crater. So who was Christopher Clavius, S.J., and why is there a crater on the moon named after him?
Posted inDispatches, Faith
This Catholic doula wants to broaden our understanding of ‘reproductive justice’
Rebecca Christian offers a broader understanding of reproductive justice that might surprise people who only know the term from popular discourse.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
What pro-life Catholics are doing to fight suicide, the death penalty, poverty, hunger, gun violence and police killings, the opioid epidemic and wars
A response to former U. S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Disney+’s ‘Clouds’ details a teen’s cancer story. His real-life mom explains how faith got them through it.
When the high school student Zach Sobiech was diagnosed with cancer, he and his family never could have imagined how many people would hear his story.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Voting Catholic: Is religious liberty in jeopardy in America?
George Weigel warns that the 2020 Democratic platform “threatens to rinse out religious freedom and reduce it to a question of personal lifestyle choice.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Review: ‘The Glorias’ portrays a feminist icon in four ways (and with few flaws)
We meet Gloria the journalist, world-traveler, daughter, friend and reluctant spokeswoman of the feminist movement.