What unites Benedict and Francis is their common fidelity to God calling us to conversion.

In a sense, what we have is a three-party House in which the (non-)functional majority lacks a coalition agreement.

A Reflection for the Nativity of the Lord, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.

Pastoralidad is not a normal word in Spanish any more than pastorality is in English. Yet as soon as you hear it, you know what it means, or at least you think you do.

A Reflection for the Feast of St. Edmund Campion, S.J., patron of America Media, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.

We all are at risk and none of us is guaranteed the easy road, so repent and be transformed, Jesus tells us, to meet God as a companion rather than imagining him as a tyrant. 

Joe Biden’s call to codify Roe might help elect Democrats, but it will not help us resolve our differences on the issue, nor is it really meant to do so.

A Reflection for the Feast of the Nativity of Mary, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.

A Reflection for the Solemnity of the Assumption, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.

A Reflection for the Feast of Saint Mary of Magdala, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.