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Should the United States have a period of mandatory service for all citizens?
Many countries around the globe employ a system of mandatory national service for their citizens. We asked our readers: Is mandatory service for U.S. citizens a good idea?
Posted inFaith, Your Take
If you could canonize anyone, living or dead, Catholic or not, who would it be?
Listeners of Jesuitical offer their own answer to the podcast’s recurring question.
Posted inFaith, Your Take
How is the church serving Latino Catholics?
We asked our readers: In what ways is the church helping Latinos live out their faith in this country?
Posted inArts & Culture, Your Take
Reader Rebuttal: The 10 Greatest Catholic School Movies of All Time
Ciaran Freeman spent last summer, after his year as an O’Hare fellow at America Media, combing through movies about Catholic schools and ranking them. The findings were published here. Since then, readers have written in to let Mr. Freeman know what films he overlooked in his top-10 ranking.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Your Take
Would you support a political candidate more if they shared your faith background?
“It’s their policies that have to speak to the way I interpret my own faith.”
Posted inFaith, Your Take
Young adults respond: How has your family supported you in your faith?
Part of our special family issue.
Posted inArts & Culture, Your Take
America readers remember Toni Morrison
‘Who else has written so keenly and movingly about hope, evil, endurance, pain, greed, transcendence, all the things that make us human?’
Posted inFaith, Your Take
We asked our readers if El Paso and Dayton were mentioned at Mass on Sunday. Here’s what they said.
Should a parish address current events at Mass? How? What if “current events” are national tragedies?
Posted inArts & Culture, Your Take
Looking for summer reading? Here are some recommendations from America readers
In June, America published online summer reading recommendations from members of our editorial staff. Given that we have the smartest readers in publishing, it felt fitting that we ask for their recommendations, too. Below you will find a sample of suggestions from our staff, newsletter readers and members of our Catholic Book Club and Jesuitical Facebook […]