Chris Stedman’s new book is the perfect guide to unpacking what identity means in the digital age.
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Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I am a Jesuit and I am an alcoholic
Going to A.A. was an act of faith.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
My therapist was not a savior. But she was the faithful witness to my pain and resurrection.
I am alive because a woman spent years watching me emerge from the dead and refused to be afraid.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Meet your bicycle: the transportation incarnation of Catholic Social Teaching.
Bicycles are theologically sound. Ask Pope Francis.
Posted inFaith, Politics & Society
Meghan Markle’s life is exceptional—but her suffering isn’t. We should honor her bravery in sharing it.
When someone is courageous enough to share with the world that she seriously considered taking her own life because she didn’t see a way out, we need to honor that honesty and vulnerability.
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
The contradictions of Harry and Meghan’s Oprah interview
Everyone has a family that involves some painful history, and few of us would want to tell Oprah and the whole world about it.
Posted inArts & Culture, Culture
Tired of cheese pizza and fish sticks? 10 Lent recipes for no-meat Fridays
We asked our editors and staff at America to share some of their favorite recipes as a corporal work of mercy: to (help) feed the hungry.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
How not to talk about vaccines: Some bishops are choosing the culture war over the common good
Statements by some U.S. bishops on the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine for Covid-19 are proving to be a cautionary tale about confusing Catholics on what is morally permissible.
Posted inPolitics & Society, What Coronavirus Taught Us
What Coronavirus Taught Us about Mental Health
We have suffered trauma. We may do so again. But we will endure.
Posted inPolitics & Society, What Coronavirus Taught Us
What Coronavirus Taught Us about Children’s Health
The pandemic has unmasked some health needs and exacerbated others.