The day before this issue went to press, we watched on our newsroom monitors the devastating fire at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris.
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Grieving the fire of Notre Dame during Holy Week
Our Lady, who stood weeping at her son’s crucifixion, surely weeps for the cathedral dedicated to her name.
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America celebrates 110 years of leading the conversation
The history of the magazine spans the entire life of Paramount Pictures.
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History in the making at America Magazine
Magazines like America are not really the first draft of history. But from time to time, when the publishing planets align, we break news as well as analyze it.
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When Father Malone is away, guest columnist James T. Keane will play ball.
Matt Malone, S.J., is traveling abroad. But I also suspect he let me be the pinch-hitter for this column in America’s special sports issue out of pity.
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Why America magazine is global in spirit and content
In 1909, the editors relied on the telegraph to stay connected to their international network. Today, even the editor in chief can use his iPhone to file a column from a bus en route to Bethlehem.
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New technologies are a conduit for evangelization
We must see new technologies as opportunities for evangelization and solidarity rather than scary, bewildering forces that can only pull us apart.
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Matt Malone, S.J., responds to the release of names of accused Jesuits by the Northeast Province
The past few months have not been easy for the editorial team at America. No one here became a Catholic journalist because they wanted to write about ecclesial scandals day after day. That the staff have done so with such devotion and care is a great testament to the depth of their commitment to our […]
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The Good News is breaking news
We are launching a new segment in Dispatches, our traditional section for news. It’s called, appropriately enough, GoodNews, and will feature stories that I hope will give you some sense of the almost miraculous things that countless people of faith do every day around the world.
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Protecting the least among us: The unborn
As is our annual custom, we republish excerpts from these texts here as an expression of our solidarity with the women and men who will march this month in the nation’s capital.