Of Many Things
No one had ever done a comprehensive survey of Catholic women. So we did.
This issue of America presents the findings of the most comprehensive survey of U.S. Catholic women ever conducted.
Your Take
What unique contributions do women religious offer the church?
America spoke to a number of young women religious about the vital contributions they and their fellow sisters make to the Catholic Church.
The Letters
Pro-choicers are puzzled by pro-lifers’ favoring cuts in government services to pregnant women in financial need.
Editorials
A Crisis of Catholic Women?
All the women who responded to this survey still identify themselves as Catholic, however far they may have strayed from a consistent practice of the faith they were raised in.
The Editors: The Work of the Women’s March Remains Undone
The march’s rallying call last January became even more poignant in the year that followed.
The Editors: The citizens of Honduras must fight for democracy, and we must stand with them
When a government tries to thwart the will of the people, it is a citizen’s duty to stand up and peacefully protest.
Dispatches
Proud to be Catholic? A groundbreaking America survey asks women about their lives in the church
Catholic women may be part of a Democratic voting wave in 2018. They are ready to welcome women deacons.
Features
The humble, indispensable women leading the Catholic Church you’ve (probably) never heard of
The church may benefit from a more deliberate effort to reach out to Catholic women.
What Catholic women believe about Mass attendance, confession and God’s existence
New data from the most comprehensive survey of American Catholic women ever conducted.
The Prayer Lives of Catholic Women
New data from the most comprehensive survey of American Catholic women ever conducted.
What Catholic women actually believe about Natural Family Planning
New data from the most comprehensive survey of American Catholic women ever conducted.
How many Catholic women have considered religious vocations?
New data from the most comprehensive survey of American Catholic women ever conducted.
For Catholic women, the relationship between faith and politics is subtle—and sometimes in conflict
Few Catholic women say they look to the church for help in deciding how to vote, even while about half say Catholic teaching on key political issues is important to them.
The Political Leanings of Catholic Women
Catholic women may be poised to help Democrats in 2018.
Faith in Focus
Cardinal Tobin: ‘I hope women will continue to speak the truth’
An interview with Cardinal Joseph Tobin on the changing place of women in the church.
Discovering my priesthood as a Catholic woman in Protestant seminary
I stopped running from the ordination question and started wrestling with it.
Books
Taking single life in the church seriously
The single life is perhaps the most neglected area in theological and pastoral reflection in the church.
Is it time to pledge farewell to fraternities?
Rhetoric does not always meet reality in the world of fraternity life.
The Redemption of Gucci Mane
Gucci Mane’s biography is the 37-year-old rapper’s redemption story.
Investigating Mystery: The Fictional Journeys of Kirstin Valdez Quade
While Kirstin Valdez Quade’s stories frequently feature Catholic characters, she says her relationship to the church “has always been a little bit complicated.”
Are faith and science contradictory? Or complementary?
Three books published in 2017 chart some of the contours of science-religion dynamics.
Art
David Hockney is popular, but is he a great artist?
While Hockney’s greatness as an artist is an ongoing debate, the popularity of his work is beyond dispute.
Television
Why the first female Doctor gives hope to fans of “Doctor Who”
Next year, Jodie Whittaker will play the 13th Doctor in Season 11 of “Doctor Who.”
Poetry
Blue Willow Plates
for A.B. Those childhood nights I ate at your table, where life’s mysteries were broken and shared— I studied the blue willow plates you set each night. Even during the worst winter, my fork swept potatoes, gravy, bits of savory meat and uncovered a story. Each night I told myself a different tale, cast in…
The Word
For This Purpose Have I Come
From its inception, Jesus’ mission was the conquest of death.
He Speaks With Authority
Jesus’ teaching, reinforced with real experience, humility and clear vision, electrified his hearers.
Last Take
A Portrait of Black Catholicism: Celebrating 40 years of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium
In 1978, Thaddeus Posey, O.F.M., started the Black Catholic Theological Symposium.
Faith
Proud to be Catholic? A groundbreaking America survey asks women about their lives in the church
Catholic women may be part of a Democratic voting wave in 2018. They are ready to welcome women deacons.
A Crisis of Catholic Women?
All the women who responded to this survey still identify themselves as Catholic, however far they may have strayed from a consistent practice of the faith they were raised in.
No one had ever done a comprehensive survey of Catholic women. So we did.
This issue of America presents the findings of the most comprehensive survey of U.S. Catholic women ever conducted.
The humble, indispensable women leading the Catholic Church you’ve (probably) never heard of
The church may benefit from a more deliberate effort to reach out to Catholic women.
What Catholic women believe about Mass attendance, confession and God’s existence
New data from the most comprehensive survey of American Catholic women ever conducted.
The Prayer Lives of Catholic Women
New data from the most comprehensive survey of American Catholic women ever conducted.
What Catholic women actually believe about Natural Family Planning
New data from the most comprehensive survey of American Catholic women ever conducted.
How many Catholic women have considered religious vocations?
New data from the most comprehensive survey of American Catholic women ever conducted.
For This Purpose Have I Come
From its inception, Jesus’ mission was the conquest of death.
He Speaks With Authority
Jesus’ teaching, reinforced with real experience, humility and clear vision, electrified his hearers.
A Portrait of Black Catholicism: Celebrating 40 years of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium
In 1978, Thaddeus Posey, O.F.M., started the Black Catholic Theological Symposium.
Cardinal Tobin: ‘I hope women will continue to speak the truth’
An interview with Cardinal Joseph Tobin on the changing place of women in the church.
Discovering my priesthood as a Catholic woman in Protestant seminary
I stopped running from the ordination question and started wrestling with it.
Magazine
What unique contributions do women religious offer the church?
America spoke to a number of young women religious about the vital contributions they and their fellow sisters make to the Catholic Church.
The Letters
Pro-choicers are puzzled by pro-lifers’ favoring cuts in government services to pregnant women in financial need.
Politics
Faith
Culture
Vatican
Scripture
Podcasts