Faith, Short Take

‘O God, let 2020 go to hell.’ A New Year’s prayer of rage

by Zac Davis December 30, 2020

Lord, I don’t know what it actually means for a year to go to hell. But if hell is hot, let 2020 burn.

Advent Reflections, Faith

This is the Advent of all Advents to give yourself permission to actually rest.

by Zac Davis December 9, 2020

A Reflection for the Second Wednesday of Advent

Faith, Faith in Focus

God, please just give me (and the country) a little patience.

by Zac Davis November 4, 2020

The only reaction that matters right now for most of us is spiritual. We need patience. We need to let the votes be counted.

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Faith, Interviews

Q&A with Bishop Robert Barron: Catholics can dialogue without compromising our beliefs

by Ashley McKinless and Zac Davis September 23, 2020

Bishop Barron on talking to atheists, young people and the Black Lives Matter Movement.

Faith, Short Take

The president is dragging the church into a culture war. We shouldn’t let him.

by Zac Davis June 2, 2020

President Trump’s visit to the St. John Paul II National Shrine continues a pattern of using sacred sites for political stunts, writes America associate editor Zac Davis. This is over the line of what the church should tolerate.

Arts & Culture, Television

Michael Jordan and the problem (and necessity) of hagiography

by Zac Davis May 19, 2020

“The Last Dance” is not documentary but hagiography. Many commentators mean this as a criticism, but here is the thing: Hagiographies are important—and compelling.