Jesuit School Spotlight
Should Catholic Schools Teach Critical Race Theory?
And what does Catholic Social Teaching have to say?
Of Many Things
Whether the Mass is in Latin or the vernacular—it’s the same Eucharist that unites the church
I am awestruck by the beauty of the Eucharist wherever I encounter it. That’s a big reason why the so-called liturgy wars bore me.
Your Take
Readers’ reactions to our comprehensive survey of U.S. Catholics
The August issue of America featured the results of a comprehensive survey of U.S. Catholics by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, commissioned by America Media. Please see this current issue for more results from the survey about politics, church finances and other issues.
Editorials
Is just war theory relevant to today’s world conflicts?
How should the church go about updating tradition and articulating a more realistic framework?
Short Take
Catholics’ views on abortion are deeply scriptural, as well as historical and philosophical
Christian love of neighbor, natural law and God’s eternal law all figure in the desire not to murder.
Catholics looking to get into soccer? Look no further than Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool F.C. is the most Catholic team in the most Catholic sport.
Dispatches
Survey: U.S. Catholics on politics, abortion, L.G.B.T. issues and racial justice
The results of our survey reveal that many divisions within the church run along political lines.
The Latin Mass took off in this North Carolina diocese. What will happen under Pope Francis’ new restrictions?
It was the motu proprio heard around the Catholic world, but perhaps nowhere more loudly than in Boone, N.C.
How Jesuit-educated Joel Castón became the first person to win an election from jail
Mr. Castón said he is committed to using this opportunity to be a voice for the residents of his district. “I want to magnify the humanity of the men and the women that I represent.”
Cuban religious superiors: We hear ‘God’s voice’ in the cries of protesters
Cuba’s religious superiors endorsed “the principle that all citizens have a legitimate and universal right to express their grievances in an orderly and peaceful way in public” and urged the immediate release of detained protesters.
Features
Richard Rohr’s Living School is no utopia. But it taught me to love our imperfect world.
The school offers an accessible but thorough examination of the Christian contemplative tradition by combining online study with in-person symposiums.
How these Benedictine monks’ vow of stability affects their students
Students of all backgrounds choose to attend this thriving Catholic high school imbued with the stability and spirit of the monks who founded it.
Faith in Focus
We must share our memories of 9/11, no matter how difficult they are to communicate
How do we communicate what it was like to live that day to people who were not yet born?
What my students have taught me about suffering
I don’t understand why some of my students are allowed to suffer as he did. But the knowledge of Christ’s death stanches my anger long enough that I am able to entertain the idea that there is still a point to serving this God.
I once fell in love with the Latin Mass—which is why I understand why Pope Francis restricted it.
The Latin Mass gave me a hunger for beauty and a reverence for the sacred. It also made me bitter and arrogant.
Books
Review: Who inspired the founders of the United States?
Our first four presidents—George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison—were influenced by the Enlightenment, but even more so by the classical Greeks and Romans.
Why Does Everyone Love Dante?
What is it about Dante that has made him not just immortal, but urgent and modern?
Review: Short stories that show the wasteland of contemporary American Catholic life, but also a little hope
A journey into the fictional worlds of Joshua Hren in his ‘In The Wine Press’ invites us to consider the character of our own grief and suffering.
Review: Black Lives Matter and the call to conversion
Olga Segura’s book charts her personal journey of resisting systemic racism and her pain at finding herself unaccompanied on that path by many Catholics or by the institutional church.
Poetry
Indian summer
But let’s slow down. Enjoy the final curl Of heat
Your Presence
Like the first rain of spring
The Word
God calls out corruption in society and in ourselves
All three texts elucidate the power and importance of living in ways that honor ourselves and others.
Want to know Jesus? Welcome your neighbor
We are all called to model the principles of the Gospel, and when leaders fail in this regard, it is important for the rest of us to step up.
Selfless love needs service (and sometimes sacrifice)
Today’s readings show us the risks that may come in the form of humiliation, persecution and death.
The Word became flesh: the healing power of touch
The first reading and the Gospel reveal God’s power to renew us during and especially after periods of suffering.
Faith
God calls out corruption in society and in ourselves
All three texts elucidate the power and importance of living in ways that honor ourselves and others.
Want to know Jesus? Welcome your neighbor
We are all called to model the principles of the Gospel, and when leaders fail in this regard, it is important for the rest of us to step up.
Selfless love needs service (and sometimes sacrifice)
Today’s readings show us the risks that may come in the form of humiliation, persecution and death.
The Word became flesh: the healing power of touch
The first reading and the Gospel reveal God’s power to renew us during and especially after periods of suffering.
We must share our memories of 9/11, no matter how difficult they are to communicate
How do we communicate what it was like to live that day to people who were not yet born?
What my students have taught me about suffering
I don’t understand why some of my students are allowed to suffer as he did. But the knowledge of Christ’s death stanches my anger long enough that I am able to entertain the idea that there is still a point to serving this God.
Richard Rohr’s Living School is no utopia. But it taught me to love our imperfect world.
The school offers an accessible but thorough examination of the Christian contemplative tradition by combining online study with in-person symposiums.
How these Benedictine monks’ vow of stability affects their students
Students of all backgrounds choose to attend this thriving Catholic high school imbued with the stability and spirit of the monks who founded it.
Catholics’ views on abortion are deeply scriptural, as well as historical and philosophical
Christian love of neighbor, natural law and God’s eternal law all figure in the desire not to murder.
Whether the Mass is in Latin or the vernacular—it’s the same Eucharist that unites the church
I am awestruck by the beauty of the Eucharist wherever I encounter it. That’s a big reason why the so-called liturgy wars bore me.
The Latin Mass took off in this North Carolina diocese. What will happen under Pope Francis’ new restrictions?
It was the motu proprio heard around the Catholic world, but perhaps nowhere more loudly than in Boone, N.C.
I once fell in love with the Latin Mass—which is why I understand why Pope Francis restricted it.
The Latin Mass gave me a hunger for beauty and a reverence for the sacred. It also made me bitter and arrogant.
Should Catholic Schools Teach Critical Race Theory?
And what does Catholic Social Teaching have to say?
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