Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s” centers on the unique history found by going through her and her husband Dick Goodwin’s boxes of writings and memorabilia from his five-decade career in American politics.
Nicholas D. Sawicki
Nicholas D. Sawicki is associate director of development for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston and a frequent contributor to America.
Posted inExplainer, Politics & Society
Four American Jesuits who sided with workers to remember on Labor Day
In the United States, the Jesuits have provided striking examples of what solidarity and upholding the rights of workers looks like in an industrial economy.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
The real issue with St. Pat’s funeral for a transgender activist? Radical individualism.
Mourners wanted Cecilia Gentili’s funeral to be held in St. Patrick’s Cathedral for “iconic” reasons, to make the deceased the “star of the show,” emphasizing the individual over the society.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
John T. Noonan: Catholic author, teacher and judge who embraced the paradoxes of faith
John T. Noonan, a consummate polymath, was perhaps one of the most lauded, influential and recognizable Catholics engaged in the public square in the last 50 years.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
America magazine’s own stained glass: The rich history of the LaFarge Windows
It is not often that you find stained glass on the 11th floor of a mid-century skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Interview: Fra’ John Dunlap, Pope Francis’ pick for the Order of Malta’s new leader
Fra’ John Dunlap is one of the few professed religious of the Order of Malta and is the first North American to lead the Order as the lieutenant of the grand master.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Three questions white Catholics must ask themselves after the racist shooting in Buffalo
In the wake of the mass shooting in Buffalo, Catholic social teaching can provide a starting point for addressing a society that disregards lives, particularly those of Black people.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: How to live a scholarly life with gratitude and grace
In his new memoir, John W. O’Malley reflects on a life of priestly ministry and teaching, and offers lessons on how to live a scholarly life.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Pope Francis, Virgil and the global economy
Mark Carney’s new book makes a succinct argument: We can either continue on the current path of what some argue is amoral wealth generation in a dehumanizing market society, or we can build new systems, grounded in common values, that encourage growth while stewarding resources for future generations.
Posted inFaith
Meet Father Baker: the Catholic priest and Civil War vet who housed 100,000 orphans
A priest from Buffalo, now a candidate for canonization, Father Baker spent 60 years caring for the orphaned, poor, sick and migrants.