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October 2024

Vol. 231 / No. 3

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Arts & Culture Interviews
Emma Winters September 12, 2024

Colm Tóibín's new novel, 'Long Island,' is a sequel to perhaps his best-known book, 'Brooklyn.' What was it like to take up the story again two decades later? He tells us in this interview with America.

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Politics & Society Of Many Things
Sam Sawyer, S.J.September 12, 2024

When public servants when they show us a glimpse of something that points the way toward “more perfect union,” we ought to pay close and grateful attention.

Faith Your Take
Our readersSeptember 12, 2024

In a piece published in the September issue of America, the Napa Institute's Tim Busch described his initiative to alleviate American Catholic polarization through a series of dinners. His approach elicited diverse reactions from our readers.

Politics & Society Editorials
The EditorsSeptember 05, 2024

Facts are the great enemy of the demagogue, as Senator McCarthy learned so many years ago.

A close-up photo of wedding rings in the palm of a hand that is resting on the palm of another hand (iStock/Alexandr Baitelman)
Faith Short Take
Janelle PeregoyAugust 07, 2024

Pastoral ministers should recognize that many adults from divorced families struggle in relationships. Difficult conversations must occur so that couples can be better prepared for marriage.

A woman leaves the formerly Jesuit-run Central American University in Managua, Nicaragua, on Aug. 16, 2023. The university suspended operations Aug. 16 after Nicaraguan authorities branded the school a "center of terrorism" the previous day and froze its assets for confiscation. (OSV News photo/Reuters)
Politics & Society Dispatches
Kevin ClarkeAugust 15, 2024

Jesuits: The “unpunished and unjustified confiscation” of UCA has done “inestimable damage to the scientific and cultural heritage of Nicaragua.”

Resting at Castillo del Romeral beach after dozens of migrants arrived on Spain's Gran Canaria Island on Oct. 16, 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Borja Suarez, Reuters)
Politics & Society Dispatches
Bridget RyderAugust 19, 2024

On Spain’s Canary Islands, arrivals of unaccompanied migrants are on track to reach a historic high this year, and caring for the migrant youth has become politically contentious.