“First, to DACA youth, through today’s decision and beyond,” the bishops said in a statement issued on June 18, “we will continue to accompany you and your families. You are a vital part of our church and our community of faith. We are with you.”
Ryan Di Corpo
Ryan Di Corpo previously served as the managing editor of Outreach and was also a former Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., Fellow at America.
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Wilton Gregory on Georgetown panel talks racism and police brutality after George Floyd killing
In a surprise appearance, Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, said that racism destroys the brotherhood to which God calls all people.
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Catholic colleges and universities fight to avert fiscal disaster amid the coronavirus pandemic
What is the way forward for Catholic colleges? Most Catholic institutions are doing their best to survive on their own resources while hoping for an additional stimulus package from Congress.
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Review: Jim Forest’s new memoir delves into his ‘unusual conscience’
Jim Forest’s memoir functions as both a personal history and a snapshot of a tumultuous era in American society—the 1960s—when Forest solidified his opposition to unjust war and his faith in active nonviolence.
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How well will Catholic media weather the coronavirus downturn?
On April 9, the international Catholic publishing powerhouse Bayard announced that it would soon cease print publication of four magazines: Catechist, Hopeful Living, Today’s Catholic Teacher and Catholic Digest.
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The 1995 film ‘Safe’ has new meaning during our coronavirus isolation
Todd Haynes’s second feature film, starring Julianne Moore as a woman isolated by a mysterious illness, resonates anew in our sudden quarantine, writes America’s Ryan Di Corpo.
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What will happen to people who are homeless as Covid-19 crisis continues?
Msgr. Kevin Sullivan, the executive director of Catholic Charities of New York, said that the needs of the homeless—for shelter, food and mental health assistance—have not changed during this time of crisis.
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Beyond ‘The Exorcist,’ Max von Sydow embodied the complexities of faith
Brooding, interior and utterly focused, Mr. von Sydow is a stirring presence on screen, with a weathered face apt to illustrate inner spiritual turmoil.
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Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., former editor of America and president of Fordham, dies at 89
Matt Malone, S.J., remembered Father O’Hare as a “towering figure in the history of America magazine…insightful, warm and friendly, a world-class raconteur with a spellbinding Irish charm.”
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The Top 25 Films from the Last 25 Years
One hundred years after the birth of cinema, the Vatican released a commemorative list of 45 great films. Now, 25 years later, America Media is here to expand the Vatican’s list with the most groundbreaking, impressive and beautiful films released since 1995.