I still feel the pain of what occurred more than 50 years ago, but the church—our church—has asked for forgiveness. I will give it another chance.
History
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
The importance of learning the stories of the enslaved people owned by the Jesuits
There is still much that remains unknown about the enslaved people owned, rented and borrowed by the Catholic Church.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: A pilgrim in search of grace
In her fourth book, The Virgin of Prince Street: Expeditions Into Devotion, Sonja Livingston introduces herself as a “pilgrimess” returning to her childhood church in Rochester, N.Y., after not regularly attending Mass for 20 years.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
A Catholic Sister learns to serve people with AIDS
In the fifth episode of “Plague,” Mike visits the small Midwestern city of Belleville, Illinois, where a Catholic Sister broke ground in the 1980s by opening an organization to provide services for people living with HIV and AIDS.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
A gay Catholic Church in the Castro
Learn more at www.americamag.org/plague.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Angry, glad, heartbroken? There’s a Psalm for that.
The Psalms lengthen the moment, enlarge the experience and connect a private experience to those of other human beings. Wonder fades if we do not “back it up.”
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Surviving the AIDS crisis as a gay Catholic
In “Plague,” Michael O’Loughlin investigates untold stories of AIDS and the Catholic Church.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vantage Point
How the Jesuits of ‘America’ heroically defended booze against Prohibition
While Prohibition’s popularity would wane by the end of the decade because of its unintended consequences, at the time of its ratification and implementation, it enjoyed a fair amount of popular support. Except in the pages of America.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
European bishops mark 30th anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall
Demolition of the already damaged wall began officially in June 1990 and was completed in November 1991.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Aristotle for the 21st century
Edith Hall’s new book on Aristotle rewards the reader by offering gems from Aristotle’s thought. She puts together complicated concepts and writings in a form where readers can easily identify subjects that are critical to an individual’s opportunity to find happiness.