Podcasts

Daniel G. Groody, C.S.C., describes his research among migrants in the United States and abroad, and how their perception of God is shaped by their transient lifestyle. Fr. Groody also describes the unique challenges facing migrants in Europe, and what it means to understand God as a “migrant God.” Read Fr. Groody’s article from America, […]

Michael O’Neill McGrath, O.S.F.S., widely known as simply “Brother Mickey,” talks about his vocation as a painter and some of his notable works over the years, including “Christ the Teacher,” which was recently presented to Pope Benedict XVI. View a slideshow of selections from Brother Mickey’s work.

Associate Editor Kevin Clarke outlines the issues at stake leading up to the January 9 referendum in Sudan. If the populace votes in favor of independence for the South, civil war could break out again, as forces in the North seem unwilling to allow their fellow citizens to form their own nation. The referendum was […]

Fr. Guido Gockel, former director of the pontifical mission for Palestine, describes the Christmas customs in Bethlehem, including the marathon of liturgies at the Basilica of the Nativity that begin on Christmas Eve. Fr. Gockel, a member of the Mill Hill Missionaries, also describes his current work for the Catholic Near Eastern Welfare Association, which […]

Drew Christiansen, S.J., first began reading the work of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J., as a novice, and the French Jesuit’s thinking served as a formative intellectual and spiritual influence. Discussing his essay, “On the Slope with Teilhard,” Father Christiansen explains Teilhard’s fascination with matter, and how matter can help the spirit to flourish.

John Howard Griffin is known primarily as the author of Black Like Me, a seminal book in the history of the civil rights movement in which a white man dressed up as a black man and wrote about his experiences in the segregated south. But Griffin was also a war hero, a convert to Catholicism, […]

In a discussion of his book, The American Catholic Revolution, Mark S. Massa, S.J. introduces the major moments and figures of the 1960s, including Frederick McManus and the liturgical changes introduced by Vatican II, Charlie Curran and and the resistance to Humanae vitae and the political activism of Daniel Berrigan, S.J. Scroll to minute 15:50 […]

Deborah M. Jones discusses her book, The School of Compassion: A Roman Catholic Theology of Animals, and her work with the Catholic Concern for Animals. Dr. Jones has sought to build a theology of animals around the catechism’s dictate that “animals are God’s creatures. By their mere existence, they bless him and give him glory. […]

Matt Malone, S.J., blogger and former associate editor at America, analyzes the midterm results.