The church had a fight over an award. But did anyone learn anything?
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
Sam Sawyer, S.J., is the editor in chief of America Media.
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Who is being served by making Charlie Kirk a saint: God or Caesar?
The powers of this world came to Charlie Kirk’s funeral, and some of them spoke the words of the Gospel. But they also spoke the words of Caesar.
Posted inFaith in Focus
The aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination: If we have to look at violence, let’s do it the right way.
Perhaps we, enslaved as we are to the logic of violence, are looking at the image of violence and trying to solve it or even to turn it into a solution. Perhaps we are still trying to overcome it by force.
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After Annunciation: School shootings are not only a political problem. They’re a spiritual sickness.
If it were only a matter of writing a better law, our regulation of guns would have been strengthened rather than weakened after Sandy Hook. Something else, something deeper, is broken.
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New Website, Same Mission
A.I. was helpful with parts of this process, but it did not and could not have replaced the human contributions.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
How to tell the stories of the times we’ve failed
A Reflection for the Feast of St. James, Apostle, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.
Posted inFaith, Of Many Things
The race to claim Pope Leo
We should approach Pope Leo XIV looking not for his alignment with the set of questions we bring to him, but with trust that the Holy Spirit is at work.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
The necessity—and elusiveness—of hope
A Reflection for the Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
‘Because Trump said so’ is no reason to bomb Iran
As I write, Mr. Trump is declaring that “nobody knows” what he is going to do about Iran. I fear that “nobody” includes him.
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The challenge of loving one another
A Reflection for Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.