Our readers answer the question: What was the most spiritually significant film you saw in 2019?
Your Take
Posted inPolitics & Society, Your Take
How our readers build a culture of life in their communities
In conjunction with the annual March for Life and the lead editorial in this issue, we asked America’s readers for examples of promoting a culture of life in individuals or groups, either by themselves or with their neighbors.
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Your Take: John Boehner
John Boehner was the subject of the 2019 America Profile (“A Conversation With Former House Speaker John Boehner,” 12/9/19). The cover story generated a fair amount of feedback, much of it expressing a longing for bipartisanship in the public square.
Posted inFaith, Your Take
Every Nativity set has its story
America asked its readers to send us a photo and description of their Nativity set and tell us what makes it special.
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When is the right time to decorate for Christmas?
At the risk of wading into one of our nation’s and church’s most contentious questions, America asked our readers when they think is the right time to decorate for Christmas.
Posted inCommunity, Your Take
Comment sections are not beyond redemption, including this one.
We’re relaunching the commenting experience at America.
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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.
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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.