Voices

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.
Politics & SocietyFaith and Reason
Christ brought about a separation, rather than integration, of the spiritual and political.
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
Why did Church Militant use Marjorie Taylor Greene to attack the U.S. church?
Arts & CultureBooks
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.
FaithFaith and Reason
Christians today are split between “bottom-up” and “top-down” approaches to re-invigorating our sense of the common good.
Politics & SocietyInterviews
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.
FaithAdvent Reflections
A Reflection for the Saturday of the Second Week of Advent
FaithSpeeches
Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., in a speech at Regis College in Toronto, said that pastoral experience, more than any church document, should be the material of theological reflection.
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
The withdrawal of U.S. troops is not an end, but instead represents a new chapter in our entanglement with the Taliban in Afghanistan, agree several experts contacted by America magazine.
FaithShort Take
The U.S. church isn’t just polarized; it is tired. And it is polarized in part because it is tired.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Republicans have booted Liz Cheney for resisting the lie that the 2020 election was stolen. This move could boomerang on those who champion the truths of tradition and faith.