Four female pilots, part of the WWII-era Women Airforce Service Pilots program (WASP), in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress. (US Air Force photo)

The United States needs to recognize women’s genius and hard work

by Matt Malone, S.J. November 30, 2017

The contributions of women—too often overlooked—speak to what Pope Francis has called the particular “genius of women.”

French soldiers in their trench somewhere on the Western Front. (Library of Congress/Wikipedia Commons)

Of Many Things, Politics & Society

The danger in losing our shared sense of history

by Matt Malone, S.J. November 16, 2017

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.

The Jesuits of St. Ignatius College Preparatory and Santa Clara College in San Francisco, take in 1905.

Faith, Of Many Things

Thinking about joining the Jesuits? Stop sitting on the fence and try it out.

by Joe Hoover, S.J. November 3, 2017

I know this is generally not O.K. to do, writing a whole article about joining the Jesuits.

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Of Many Things, Politics & Society

How to encounter Latino Catholics in America (and why you need to)

by J.D. Long García November 2, 2017

The nation has changed, once again. This time we are becoming more Latino. The demographic shift is not the future; it is the present.

Faith, Of Many Things

The Museum of the Bible is ultimately a leap of faith

by Matt Malone, S.J. October 20, 2017

An unprecedented ecumenical and interreligious cooperation is the museum’s greatest accomplishment.

Magazine, Of Many Things

5 years in, what I’ve learned as the editor of America

by Matt Malone, S.J. October 5, 2017

Looking back on the last five years at America and forward to changes to come

Arts & Culture, Of Many Things

Mere ink-flecks on a page

by George W. Hunt September 27, 2017

On the particular genius of F. Scott Fitzgerald

Of Many Things, Politics & Society

What John Courtney Murray would say about the state of public debate

by Matt Malone, S.J. September 21, 2017

“Civilization,” wrote John Courtney Murray, S.J., “is formed by men locked together in argument. From this dialogue, the community becomes a political community.” Can we still say this today?