The assignment came with a long list of rules: Don’t ask somebody else in the class. You have to ask in person. You ask, you pay.
Molly Cahill
Molly Cahill is Associate Director of Digital Strategy at America. She was a 2020-2021 O'Hare Fellow.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Virginia’s lawmakers vote to abolish the death penalty. Catholic activists helped make it happen.
Virginia is on its way to becoming the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty and, significantly, the first formerly Confederate state to achieve abolition.
Posted inFaith, News
How Jesuit high school students are taking part in the (virtual) March for Life
When the march’s organizers announced on Jan. 15 that they would move the event online, Jesuit high schools across the country sought to find creative ways to help students honor life at all stages.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Barack Obama’s boundless optimism for a brighter future
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.
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.”