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.
FaithFaith and Reason
The recent writings of New York Times columnist Ross Douthat are calling political conservatives to a needed greater humility.
FaithFeatures
The former political advisor to Donald Trump shares the view of Pope Francis that Europe is spiritually sick, writes Bill McCormick. But Mr. Bannon’s divisive ideas have only the veneer of Christianity.
FaithShort Take
If we stop criticizing them and listen.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Father Schall was often described as a contrarian, but he had his mind set on the "essential and ultimate" questions.
FaithInterviews
The engagement with intersectionality by moral theologians continues the historical process by which the tradition has always learned from ways of knowing outside of itself.
FaithDispatches
New calls for greater synodality—and the inclusion of many more voices than just bishops—may complicate the role of collegiality in church governance.
Arts & CultureIdeas
Peterson urges his followers to seek deep meaning rather than superficial happiness. But can he create a community?
FaithShort Take
It was only a matter of time before lay people would take it upon themselves to investigate church scandals.
FaithInterviews
Bishop Paul Tighe, the secretary of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Culture, has been called “the Vatican's nicest guy.”
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Neither the Republican or Democratic party can be the home of the Catholic voter.