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Bill McCormick, S.J., is a contributing editor at America, chief mission officer at St. John’s College in Belize City, and a research fellow in the Department of Political Science at Saint Louis University, in Missouri.
The New York Times columnist Ross Douthat gestures to the crowd participates at FreedomFest 2018, an annual gathering of Libertarians, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 11, 2018.
Arts & CultureIdeas
Bill McCormick, S.J.
You may disagree with Mr. Douthat’s analysis of Catholicism, but you can’t ignore him.
hands hold a broken eucharist host
FaithFaith and Reason
Bill McCormick, S.J.
The Eucharist as the sacrament of unity constitutes the church not as just another social body, but as mystical and universal in its orientation toward the kingdom of God.
FaithExplainer
Bill McCormick, S.J.
Catholic experts weigh in on the likelihood of Pope Francis resigning in office—and whether we need a 25th amendment for popes.
FaithFaith and Reason
Bill McCormick, S.J.
How many are willing to have their minds changed, to desire for something from this synodal process that goes deeper than their pre-existing agenda?
Politics & SocietyFaith and Reason
Bill McCormick, S.J.
Pope Benedict never ceased to argue that democracy must be judged by truth, a criterion it cannot measure but can only be measured by.
A woman prays as she faces a U.S. flag on a perimeter fence
Politics & SocietyFaith and Reason
Bill McCormick, S.J.
Christ brought about a separation, rather than integration, of the spiritual and political.
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
Bill McCormick, S.J.
Why did Church Militant use Marjorie Taylor Greene to attack the U.S. church?
Arts & CultureBooks
Bill McCormick, S.J.
If Catholics wanted to be tolerated in the early years of the Maryland Colony, they had to prove their loyalty—first to the Stuarts, then to Parliament, then the House of Hanover and then the fledgling American republic.
Volunteers at a food bank prepare groceries for distribution. (Photo by Ismael Paramo on Unsplash)
FaithFaith and Reason
Bill McCormick, S.J.
Christians today are split between “bottom-up” and “top-down” approaches to re-invigorating our sense of the common good.
A child's red dress hangs on a cross near the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in Kamloops, British Columbia.
Politics & SocietyInterviews
Bill McCormick, S.J.
Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, S.J., speaks about the need for the Canadian church to apologize to Indigenous population for its role in abuse at residential schools.