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.
Molly Cahill
Molly Cahill is an associate editor at America. She was a 2020-2021 O'Hare Fellow.
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.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Jesuits ask California Gov. Newsom to give hospitality workers the right to return to work
According to the Jesuit statement, both health disparities and the economic devastation of the pandemic have uniquely affected lower-income workers, people of color and immigrant people.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Can Ignatian spirituality teach us to engage prayerfully in civic life?
The Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States released a new document to aid Catholics as this year’s election draws nearer.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Explainer: What is an invalid baptism?
John Baldovin, S.J., a sacramental theologian and professor at the School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College, offered America explanations for many of the important questions that have arisen as a result of Father Hood’s case.