‘Hope is an active verb. You don’t have hope if you just stand on the sidelines.’
Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
Ricardo da Silva, S.J., is an associate editor of America Media and the host of the podcast “Preach.”
Posted inAdvent Reflections, Faith
Elizabeth’s question to Mary at the Visitation is one for all of us.
A Reflection for the Fourth Monday of Advent
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Explainer: What is the Zaire rite—and why is Pope Francis talking about it now?
Pope Francis has held up the Congolese liturgy as a model for similarly inculturated rites in other parts of the Catholic world.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
England is reckoning with a clerical sex abuse crisis. Again.
After the latest report on the abuse of children by clergy and other in the Catholic Church in England and Wales, survivors are tired of promises and expressions of sorrow. They want structural reform.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Can the Catholic Church find a better way to choose bishops?
The Vatican’s report on Theodore McCarrick is an indictment of institutional knowledge and decision-making in the Catholic Church.
Posted inFaith in Focus, Politics & Society
Why this Jesuit middle school is staying open while NYC public schools go remote
For Black, brown and poor students in-person schooling is an essential service.
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 inDispatches, Faith
Where homosexuality is still illegal, Pope Francis has thrown a lifeline to L.G.B.T. Catholics
“It definitely will save lives, especially in countries where there is active persecution of L.G.B.T.Q. people.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Evo Morales says Pope Francis called him, pleaded for peace after Bolivia’s election
Evo Morales said Pope Francis called him to congratulate him on his party’s win after exit polls showed that the former Bolivian president’s top pick, Luis Arce, would win the general election.
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
Pope Francis again called for more female leaders. Some Catholic women say his words aren’t enough.
Catholic women theologians said that they were tired of hearing words promoting women in the church without accompanying actions that place women in the clear leadership roles.