“We forget where we came from, not just as the early Christian church, but also as a country.”
US Church
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Who are the ‘real’ Catholics? A survey of women prompts challenging questions
The only answers that mattered, some argued, were the ones offered by people who attended Mass weekly or more.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
How can we keep young people in the church?
Our Jan. 31st guest is Ellen B. Koneck. She manages aquisitions, sales and marketing at Anselm Academic. Previously, Ms. Koneck was the community and events manager at Commonweal and taught in the Catholic studies department at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn. We are discussing her recent article, “How modern technology helped me teach theology to uninterested […]
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
This Franciscan retreat center has a new mission: welcoming the undocumented
“It’s not just, ‘I’ll pray for you.’ We need to do something personally for them.”
Posted inFaith, Video
Fr. James Martin and Ross Douthat discuss religion and civil discourse
Part I of a new America Media series on Civility in America
Posted inFaith, Last Take
U.S.C.C.B. anti-racism committee will seek to improve the church’s role in racial relations
Twenty-five years after “Brothers and Sisters to Us,” the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops commissioned a study to discern its implementation and reception. The results of that study painted a disheartening picture of the church’s relationship with the black community.
Posted inAmerica en Espanol, Español
¿Orgullosa de ser católica? Una encuesta innovadora de America pregunta a las mujeres sobre sus vidas en la Iglesia
Las mujeres católicas podrían ser parte de una ola de votación por el Partido Demócrata en 2018. Están listas para recibir diaconisas.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
What do (Catholic) women want?
You have heard it said, “Who run the world? Girls” (Bey 4:12). But we ask: Who runs the church?
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
What do (Catholic) women want?
You have heard it said, “Who run the world? Girls” (Bey 4:12). But we ask: Who runs the church? Popes, of course. But across the country there are dedicated women of faith taking the lead in parishes, schools, social ministries—and magazines. Our guest this week is one of them. Kerry Weber is an executive editor at […]
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Taking single life in the church seriously
The single life is perhaps the most neglected area in theological and pastoral reflection in the church.