It is easy to find flaws—big ones, even—in large social movements, but we would do well to remember why student protests against the war in Gaza are happening in the first place.
Stephen McNulty
Stephen McNulty is a rising senior at Yale, majoring in Religious Studies and Political Science. He was a summer editorial intern at America in 2022.
Posted inIdeas, Politics & Society
Reading C. S. Lewis during the climate crisis
In “The Great Divorce,” C.S. Lewis paints a rich, multifaceted picture of the afterlife, one that could teach Christians quite a bit about life on Earth today.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
If we want to save the world from climate change, hope isn’t optional
Young people are feeling more anxious, uncertain, and often hopeless about the climate crisis than ever. But in order to make real progress, we have to move past those feelings and let ourselves hope.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
Philosophers have always had a lot to say about Christianity. Sometimes they’ve been right.
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Stephen McNulty
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The International Space Station was a symbol of solidarity. Its impending doom should worry us.
I get the sense that a monumental moment in history “passed us by” this week when Russia announced on Tuesday that it would withdraw from the International Space Station before the end of the decade.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
Evangelization 101 is harder than it sounds
A Reflection for Thursday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Stephen McNulty
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The Parkland shooter, the death penalty and the limits of human compassion
It is right and just to feel anger at people like the Parkland shooter. What do we do with that anger, though?
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
I asked an AI art generator to draw Catholicism in 20 different ways. Here’s what I learned.
I spent an evening running the word “Catholicism” through the 20+ filters of a popular AI image generator. The results were both stunning and revelatory.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
Legos, childlike joy and God’s creativity
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Stephen McNulty
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Catholics should care about restricting cigarettes
Catholics have an opportunity to approach tobacco policy for what it is—a pro-life issue.