This week’s guest is Rev. Brendan Busse, S.J. Fr. Busse is associate pastor of Dolores Mission in Los Angeles and a contributing writer for America. We spoke to him about his most recent article, “The urgent, lonely, relevant, humbling, joyful, experience of being a newly ordained priest.” Fr. Busse, who wanted to be an architect […]
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Posted inArts & Culture, Jesuitical
What’s it like being Catholic at The New York Times?
In our final Jesuitical episode of 2017, we talk with my fellow Bronxite and award-winning journalist at The New York Times, David Gonzalez. Born and raised in the South Bronx to Puerto Rican immigrants, David was raised Catholic and attended Cardinal Hayes High School. Since the 1970s, he has been snapping pictures of people and […]
Posted inArts & Culture, Podcasts
What’s it like being Catholic at The New York Times?
In our final Jesuitical episode of 2017, we talk with my fellow Bronxite and award-winning journalist at The New York Times, David Gonzalez. Born and raised in the South Bronx to Puerto Rican immigrants, David was raised Catholic and attended Cardinal Hayes High School. Since the 1970s, he has been snapping pictures of people and […]
Posted inArts & Culture, Podcasts
What you learn from writing fiction
This week’s guest is Liam Callanan, associate professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and author of the forthcoming novel, Paris by the Book. Mr. Callanan is the recipient of the 2017 George Hunt, S.J., Prize in Arts, Letters and Journalism, which is co-sponsored by America Media and the Saint Thomas More Chapel & […]
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Kirsten Powers worked for Bill Clinton and Fox News. She has some thoughts on sexual harassment.
Have we reached a turning point in how we handle sexual misconduct in the workplace and beyond?
Posted inJesuitical, Politics & Society
Kirsten Powers worked for Bill Clinton and Fox News. She has some thoughts on sexual harassment.
How does an appointee in the Bill Clinton administration end up as a regular face of Fox News? It’s complicated. And what does a woman who has worked for decades in both politics and the media have to say about today’s sexual assault and harassment reckoning? A lot. This week we talk with Kirsten Powers, […]
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Exploring the pervasive appeal of Guadalupe
This week’s guest is Nichole M. Flores, an assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia and a contributing writer for America. In celebration of this week’s feast, we spoke to Dr. Flores about her recent article: “Guadalupe’s Legacy: How a 486-year-old vision of Mary in Mexico continues to influence the church.” Dr. […]
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When your favorite Jesuit moonlights as a model
Have you ever gotten to know a priest only to discover that your conception of who he was was misguided?
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
When your favorite Jesuit moonlights as a model
Have you ever gotten to know a priest only to discover that your conception of who he was was misguided? Too often priests have either the best or the worst assumed of them, and the result is that we, the laity, fail to see them as they are: human. Our guest this week is Chris […]
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Black Catholics are the past and future of the U.S. church
When you think about the history of American Catholicism, images of Irish, Italian, German and Polish immigrant parishes probably come to mind. Think about the future of the U.S. church, and you’ve probably been told it’s Latino. But the story of the church, in the United States—past, present and future—is the story of black Catholics. […]