Kathleen Norris, author of the best-selling The Cloister Walk, talks about her new memoir, Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks and A Writer’s Life. Norris describes her battles with acedia, a spiritual affliction once called “the noonday demon” by monks and other contemplatives. Norris also talks about the difference between acedia and depression, and recalls […]
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The Synod on the Word of God
Drew Christiansen, S.J., editor in chief of America, previews the Synod on the Word of God, the worldwide gathering of bishops taking place in October to discuss the place of Scripture in the life of the church. America‘s special issue on the synod covers the meeting from a variety of angles, looking at the Catholic […]
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Mark Stricherz on the Catholic Bosses
Mark Stricherz, author of Why The Democrats are Blue: Secular Liberalism and the Decline of the People’s Party, recalls the Catholic bosses of the post-war era who helped to transform the Democratic party and advance the cause of Civil Rights. Stricherz, who will be blogging for America during the fall election season, also looks at […]
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Convention Recap
Matt Malone, S.J., associate editor of America, and Michael Sean Winters, America blogger and author of Left at the Altar: How the Democrats Lost the Catholics and How the Catholics Can Save the Democrats, look back at the two party conventions and asses the candidates’ chances entering the final 60 days of the campaign. Listen […]
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Donna Freitas on Young Adult Fiction
Donna Freitas, the author of Sex and the Soul, talks about her new young adult novel, The Possibilities of Sainthood, which tells the story of a young girl who wants to become the the patron saint of kissing–while she’s still alive. Given the paucity of young adult novels with a Catholic bent, Freitas and host […]
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Uwe E. Reinhardt on Health Care Reform
Uwe E. Reinhardt, a professor at Princeton University and an expert in health care, describes the different models of universal health insurance, and analyzes the Democrats’ health care proposals. Reinhardt also looks at the success of the the mandatory health insurance initiative in Massachusetts, and the challenges of applying that model to the nation. Read […]
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The Life of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
2009 marks the bicentennial of the founding of the Sisters of Charity by St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. The first native-born American saint, Saint Elizabeth Seton was a convert to Catholicism whose childhood was spent in revolutionary war era New York. She married into a prominent New York family and moved in elite social circles, once […]
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Forgiving Priests Guilty of Abuse
Camille D’Arienzo talks about her article in the August 18-25 issue of America, “Mercy Toward Our Fathers.” “Has the church, from top to bottom, determined that those who have sexually abused minors are outside of the circle of those whom God can forgive?” writes D’Arienzo, a Sister of Mercy and regular commentator on 1010 WINS […]
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Austen Ivereigh on Lourdes & Lambeth
Speaking from Lourdes, English journalist Austen Ivereigh describes the jubilee celebrations taking place at the shrine, and ponders why Catholic devotional practice still flourishes in this corner of secular Europe. Ivereigh also reports on the Lambeth Conference, the once-a-decade meeting of Anglican bishops, where Archbishop Rowan Williams is seeking to hold the church together amid […]
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Chris Korzen on the Common Good
In advance of the Convention for the Common Good in Philadelphia July 11-13, Chris Korzen sat down with Tim Reidy to discuss the gathering and what the Catholic notion of the common good can offer to U.S. society. Chris also talks about the 2004 election, the Catholic Voting Project, and his new book, A Nation […]