This issue of America presents the findings of the most comprehensive survey of U.S. Catholic women ever conducted.
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To end abortion, we need to narrow the gap between civil and moral law
The whole array of potential threats to life and human dignity is interrelated.
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10 things Catholics can do to make Twitter a less toxic place
For Christians, the ministry of social communications does not exist for the sake of mere speech but for the one who is himself the Word.
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The United States needs to recognize women’s genius and hard work
The contributions of women—too often overlooked—speak to what Pope Francis has called the particular “genius of women.”
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The danger in losing our shared sense of history
What we see and how we see it largely depends on where we are standing. A shared sense of history, of what was, or might’ve been, or could be again, is the indispensable touchstone of our collective judgement, for memory is the soul of conscience.
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Thinking about joining the Jesuits? Stop sitting on the fence and try it out.
I know this is generally not O.K. to do, writing a whole article about joining the Jesuits.
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How to encounter Latino Catholics in America (and why you need to)
The nation has changed, once again. This time we are becoming more Latino. The demographic shift is not the future; it is the present.
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The Museum of the Bible is ultimately a leap of faith
An unprecedented ecumenical and interreligious cooperation is the museum’s greatest accomplishment.
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5 years in, what I’ve learned as the editor of America
Looking back on the last five years at America and forward to changes to come
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Mere ink-flecks on a page
On the particular genius of F. Scott Fitzgerald