Of Many Things
What we owe U.S. veterans who fought in Afghanistan
The war, the horror, the death and devastation have not disrupted my life in any meaningful way.
Your Take
Reader stories about the women who have led them closer to God
To mark Women’s History Month this March, we asked America’s readers to tell us about the women who have inspired and shaped their Catholic faith.
Editorials
The Editors: Impeachment failed, but the separation of powers is still worth fighting for
In the impeachment and trial of President Trump, institutional self-interest was insufficient to overcome partisan self-interest.
Short Take
Why Catholics should welcome ProPublica’s clergy sex abuse database
ProPublica is advancing the painfully slow disclosure of the names of sexual abusers, writes Kathleen McChesney, who headed the U.S. bishops’ Office of Child and Youth Protection.
Dispatches
What’s in Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the Amazon synod?
In a highly significant move, Francis “officially” presents the synod’s final document, which includes the synod’s hot-button issues, to the Catholic Church worldwide.
The Guyanese school educating indigenous children in their native language
Indigenous primary school students grow up speaking one of several different indigenous languages of the interior of Guyana but when they begin school they encounter a system based on an English-language framework, referencing a culture and experiences they do not share.
Pope Francis: A vibrant economy must put an end to poverty
“The world is rich but, notwithstanding this, the [number of] poor people around us is increasing,” Pope Francis said. “Hundreds of millions of people are living in extreme poverty, lacking the bare necessities of life including food, medical care, schools, drinking water.”
One year later, how has Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy affected asylum seekers?
Of the 7,000 asylum cases that have been completed in the El Paso sector since the policy was implemented, only 15 individuals received asylum—a denial rate of more than 99 percent.
Features
This Syrian Catholic priest was kidnapped and tortured by ISIS. He still has hope in humanity.
I had traveled to Iraq to hear more about how this man had survived, a Catholic priest rescued by his Muslim friend. He would tell me that story, too.
The Great Maryknoll Post Office Robbery of 1964
How a tiny U.S. Post Office in Ossining, N.Y., became the site of a caper for the ages.
Faith in Focus
You don’t need to travel to Europe to go on pilgrimage. Our Lady came to Wisconsin, too.
A Jesuit finds God in the familiar on the Wisconsin Way
Vantage Point
James B. Donovan on the famous U-2 case and Soviet criminal justice
James B. Donovan closely followed the spy trial of Francis Gary Powers, an American U-2 pilot shot down over the Soviet Union in May 1960, and was interviewed by America.
Ideas
Revisiting ‘Nothing Sacred’ : A show about gritty parish life we could use today
The television series about an urban Catholic church was groundbreaking, and there has been nothing like it since.
Books
Review: Ronan Farrow on Harvey Weinstein and the structures of deceit
At almost every stage of his reporting on Harvey Weinstein, Ronan Farrow says, he encountered roadblocks from NBC’s leadership.
Review: The complicated Catholicism of Joseph Caldwell
The challenges notwithstanding, Joseph Caldwell presents his life as a Catholic as a gift.
Isabel Allende’s timely new novel unveils the lifelong effects of war
Isabel Allende’s novel of profound displacement reflects the life of someone who has known displacement as her permanent state.
Review: What you want to know about James Martin, SJ (but were too afraid to ask)
A prolific Catholic writer is himself now the subject of a biography from Liturgical Press.
Television
Netflix’s ‘Messiah’ tests the faith of its characters (and its audience)
If Jesus Christ were to return to initiate an apocalypse in the Year of Our Lord 2019, how would we receive him? “Messiah” may have a prophetic vision.
Jane Austen gets a makeover in ‘Sanditon’
Series creator Andrew Davies has made explicit much of what is implicit in English novels of the period, including matters of sex and race.
Poetry
Kicking the Can Down the Road
it has / become the norm / to claim your side / just scored.
The Word
The Samaritan Woman and the Power of Women Preachers
The woman at the well is an example of Christian witness and discipleship.
How do you encounter God in your daily life?
Transfiguration foreshadows Jesus’ future glory in the resurrection.
Last Take
St. Ignatius, pizza and jokes: How I minister to college students
We are talking about God, life, joys, sorrows, prayer and Jesus. The Holy Spirit comes and stays the whole time.
Faith
Reader stories about the women who have led them closer to God
To mark Women’s History Month this March, we asked America’s readers to tell us about the women who have inspired and shaped their Catholic faith.
St. Ignatius, pizza and jokes: How I minister to college students
We are talking about God, life, joys, sorrows, prayer and Jesus. The Holy Spirit comes and stays the whole time.
The Samaritan Woman and the Power of Women Preachers
The woman at the well is an example of Christian witness and discipleship.
How do you encounter God in your daily life?
Transfiguration foreshadows Jesus’ future glory in the resurrection.
This Syrian Catholic priest was kidnapped and tortured by ISIS. He still has hope in humanity.
I had traveled to Iraq to hear more about how this man had survived, a Catholic priest rescued by his Muslim friend. He would tell me that story, too.
The Great Maryknoll Post Office Robbery of 1964
How a tiny U.S. Post Office in Ossining, N.Y., became the site of a caper for the ages.
You don’t need to travel to Europe to go on pilgrimage. Our Lady came to Wisconsin, too.
A Jesuit finds God in the familiar on the Wisconsin Way
What’s in Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the Amazon synod?
In a highly significant move, Francis “officially” presents the synod’s final document, which includes the synod’s hot-button issues, to the Catholic Church worldwide.
Why Catholics should welcome ProPublica’s clergy sex abuse database
ProPublica is advancing the painfully slow disclosure of the names of sexual abusers, writes Kathleen McChesney, who headed the U.S. bishops’ Office of Child and Youth Protection.
Politics
Faith
Culture
Vatican
Scripture
Podcasts