Here at America we have a wide variety of ages and backgrounds; our youngest colleagues are 22 years of age, our most senior is 84. As a result, our experiences of Sept. 11, 2001, differ markedly.
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The year the Twin Towers fell, the Yankees lost the World Series—and God could do nothing about it.
That heartbreaking baseball defeat seeming to distill and crystallize all of it; pointing to something so bleak, sad and hopeless tucked into the fabric of everything.
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Pro-life Catholics: You can’t end abortion without taking on the patriarchy.
Until all structures of sexism are transformed and the patriarchal mores in our hearts and relationships are converted, there will always be unwanted pregnancies.
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I am not old enough to remember 9/11. But it matters that I carry on the memories of others.
A college student reflects on the duty we have to carry on the memories of Sept. 11, 2001—even if we aren’t old enough to remember the day.
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Retirement taught me this hard truth: We are all replaceable.
I have found that there’s more to life than work. That I am replaceable in my job but urgently needed in other roles and relationships in my life.
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Motherhood turns you into a fountain that flows and flows. Then it shows you that you will run out.
Surrendering bodily vanity is only the beginning of what happens to you when you become a mother.
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Afghan refugees and the Good Samaritans of Twitter
As images of desperate Afghan refugees flooded the news last week, I felt overwhelmed by my own inadequacy. Then I saw an Amazon wishlist of refugees’ concrete needs — and logged on to Twitter.
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Pandemic pilgrimage: what a cross-country road trip taught me about hope
A summer road trip to reunite with friends around the country became a 10,000 mile hope-based pilgrimage to find unexpected grace in the ordinary.
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Catholics deserve better homilies. Here are my top 5 tips for fellow preachers.
Catholics have lots of great advice for their priests. Here, with all the humility you might expect of a Jesuit, is my own list of top five suggestions for Catholic preachers.
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A Mexican novena for the dead is transformed for the digital age by Covid-19
In Latin American immigrant communities, lay faith leaders adapt a ritual of mourning that builds community amid isolation.