These (very) short essays about unexpectedly experiencing God in the world today include feelings of joy, sadness, laughter, anger and anything in between.
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Our readers: Do rape and incest justify abortion?
Our readers respond to a Teresa Collett’s essay on the morality of abortion in cases of rape and incest.
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Can school vouchers help Catholic schools fulfill their mission? Our readers weigh in.
Readers respond to our September editorial, “Catholic Education on the Margins,” on school voucher programs.
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Will Pope Francis’ synod change the church? Our readers weigh in.
Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego asked in the July/August issue of America whether synodality could “become a deeper element of Catholic life in the United States?” Our readers had a lot to say.
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Your Take: The abortion debate continues
Many readers disagreed with the position of the editorial board of America magazine after it voiced its support for the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
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Is there a better way to pray the Our Father? Our readers weigh in.
Readers respond with their own thoughts about tailoring the prayer that Jesus taught us.
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Why women can lead the church
Readers respond to story about the future of women in the church in light of a new constitution for the Roman Curia.
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Can ‘traditional’ Catholics support Pope Francis? Our readers weigh in.
America’s readers respond to an article by Terence Sweeney’s in which he says that supporting Pope Francis is fully compatible with being a “traditional” Catholic.
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‘I believe in my faith, not in the hierarchy of men’: Listening to those who have left the Catholic church behind
Readers respond to the February 2022 editorial about how the listening phase of the 2023 Synod of Bishops should listen to the views of Catholics who have left the church.
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Our readers’ reflections on the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol
Readers respond to America’s January 2022 editorial, marking the one-year anniversary of the assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump.