This year’s annual Labor Day statement from the U.S. bishops touts two bills awaiting action in Congress as being helpful to children, women and families: the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and an expansion of the federal child tax credit.
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Principal under investigation for saying he wouldn’t hire Catholics: ‘It’s like they’re brainwashed’
When asked why he does not want to hire Catholics, the Connecticut public school principal said that if someone is “raised a hardcore Catholic, it’s like they’re brainwashed. You can never change their mindset.”
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‘The Catholic Cartoon’: This 19-year-old wants to bring a comic from Instagram to your parish bulletin
Joshua Masterson, the writer and illustrator of “The Catholic Cartoon,” uses modern technology to embrace an old-school cartoonist’s style.
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A quintessentially American question: How can I find God?
From 1995: James Martin, S.J., asked a number of the leading figures of American Catholicism to answer a short but complicated question: How can I find God?
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‘You will eventually find God whether you want to or not’: Perspectives on the search for God
In 1995, James Martin, S.J., asked a number of the leading figures of American Catholicism to answer a short but complicated question: How can I find God? In 1997, he returned to the question with a new group of interlocutors.
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From 1909: America’s first editorial announcement
When it was founded in 1909, America sought to be journal of general interest to all Americans despite its specific Jesuit charism. The goal remain the same today.
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The U.S. Southwest should have a vote for the next pope. That’s why I want Cardinal McElroy to stay in San Diego.
Bishop Robert W. McElroy is a strong choice by Pope Francis for the College of Cardinals. But he should stay in San Diego, where a growing church needs a dynamic leader.
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Defund everything
It is time to defund the police. I haven’t called them in years, and I need that tax money back to subscribe to Disney Plus.
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Students wounded in Uvalde shooting receive scholarships to local Catholic school
Sacred Heart Catholic School in Uvalde, Texas, will receive scholarship money for new students that transferred from Robb Elementary School.
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Will Pope Francis’ synod change the church? Our readers weigh in.
Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego asked in the July/August issue of America whether synodality could “become a deeper element of Catholic life in the United States?” Our readers had a lot to say.