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?
Journalism
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.
Posted inMagazine, Press Release
Emma Green named Hunt Prize Laureate
Green will be awarded $25,000 George W. Hunt, S.J., Prize at ceremony in September.
Posted inMagazine, Of Many Things
The evolution of ‘America’
This summer, America will shift to a monthly frequency, but our position in relation to the news cycle has not changed.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
The church ‘does not make bargains,’ Brazil’s bishops tell Catholic TV
The Catholic bishops of Brazil are alarmed over reports that certain Catholic media outlets in that country are openly requesting financial aid in exchange for supporting the government of President Jair Bolsonaro without their knowledge or consent.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
A message for Catholic media: Don’t let print die
The trend toward digital content is inevitable, writes J.D. Long-García, but the church must take advantage of the deeper engagement that is unique to print publications.