Did Pope Francis depart from Scripture and tradition in declaring the death penalty “inadmissible”? Or was his declaration rooted deeply in both?
US Politics
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: The free press is not the enemy
Today America joins more than 300 U.S. publications in support of the free press, which has been repeatedly insulted by President Donald J. Trump.
Posted inPolitics & Society
The Common Good from a Libertarian perspective
The Aug. 15 guest is Stephanie Slade, a contributing editor for America, who recently wrote the article: “A Libertarian Case for the Common Good.” We also discuss this story: Pennsylvania report documents over 1,000 victims of priest abuse
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Nebraska set for execution after about-face on death penalty
Gov. Pete Ricketts helped finance a ballot drive to reinstate capital punishment after lawmakers overrode his veto in 2015.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: Religious liberty is not just for Christians
President Trump has repeatedly and egregiously disparaged Muslims in ways that contradict his own State Department’s purported promotion of religious protections.
Posted inEditorials, Faith
The Editors: The unborn and the condemned have the same right to life
The unborn and the condemned have the same right to life, and all citizens, especially Catholics, have a duty to defend that right.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Sister Helen Prejean’s ‘happy day’ as Pope Francis revises teaching on the death penalty
“The huge thing,” she said, is the recognition by the church of “the inviolable dignity even of guilty people who have done terrible crimes.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Sacha Baron Cohen searches for America. Don’t be shocked by what he finds.
As an agent provocateur, Cohen’s new show had an impact before it even aired.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Remembering Postville, 10 years later
Our Aug 1 guest is Julia Walsh, a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, who works at Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center in Northern Wisconsin. We discuss her recent article “What we have learned 10 years after Postville, the largest immigration raid in U.S. history.“ We also discuss these articles: Catholic theologians from Global South […]
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Through ministry of accompaniment, Oregon parish helps asylum seeker
One night in a small town in Mexico, armed men arrived at Maria’s house. Pregnant and with her young daughter asleep in the next room, she wasn’t sure if she should rush to get her 2-year-old or run for her life.