The year 2020 was dominated by three huge topics: the Covid-19 pandemic, the presidential election and the mass movement against racism. What else got the attention of America readers?
An New York City parish organized a fully accessible prayer service for people with disabilities, who even in the church are often forgotten on the margins.
Does canceling the sacraments show a lack of faith? Jesuits in the 16th century didn’t think so.
What Julian of Norwich can teach us about oneness with God.
With the much-anticipated release of Pope Francis’s new encyclical “Fratelli Tutti” on Oct. 4, Catholic Christians would do well to revisit his critique of false realism and false nostalgia, and his call for the church to foster a political attitude of faithful and daring dreaming.
The church needs to pay more attention to the moral impact of screens on our identity, agency and relationships.
As a layperson, and as a father, I cannot continue to make myself dependent on ordained men. Not for this.