The best essays in ‘The God Beat’ are quietly reflective, deeply informed, subjective but not solipsistic.
Journalism
Posted inFaith, Of Many Things
We’re going to publish things you disagree with. It’s what a Catholic magazine should do.
To overcome polarization and ideological partisanship—both in the church and in the culture—requires attention to diverse opinions and a variety of perspectives. America’s inclusive approach is an attempt to do just that.
Posted inFaith, News
Rachel Zoll, AP religion writer who covered papal transition and sex abuse scandal, dead at 55
Zoll covered religion in all its aspects, from the spiritual to the political, and her stories reached a global audience.
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Moral Economy
It’s easy to hate ‘the media.’ But local journalism is essential (and holy) work.
Journalism gets attention when it breaks big stories about institutions like Enron and the Catholic Church. But they can only do that work if they are consistently read — and broadly trusted.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
We need to talk: healing our deeply divided church and country.
The divisions in our country are deep on issues like racism and economic inequality, as well as on education, cultural values and lifestyles. Likewise, our church is divided. What are communicators to do in the face of these divisions?
Posted inArts & Culture, Last Take
Catholics owe Marty Baron a debt of gratitude. He told us the truth about the clerical sex abuse crisis.
An outsider in parochial Boston not beholden to ties of kin and culture, Mr. Baron greenlighted an expensive and difficult investigation.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis talks Iraq trip, Catholic journalism and the church in U.S.
“I am the pastor of people who are suffering,” Pope Francis said.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
What St. Edmund Campion and AIDS victims share: They were killed by fear
Father Matt Malone’s homily for the Feast of St. Edmund Campion, patron of America Media.
Posted inArts & Culture, Last Take
Remembering Jim Dwyer: Jesuit-educated, Pulitzer Prize winner and the last bard of New York
The death of renowned reporter Jim Dwyer is a loss for New York City—as well as for all the people he influenced, informed, or touched in other ways over the course of an impressive life.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Hi, my name is Karen. Embarrassed to meet you.
It was kind of funny at first, but one Karen is growing weary of her baptismal name becoming a shorthand reference to an entitled white woman.