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Drew Christiansen

 

Drew Christiansen, S.J. is the former Editor in Chief of America.

Articles By Drew Christiansen
Politics & Society Opinion
Catholic-evangelical relations are richer than the conspiracies Civilta Cattolica described
Drew ChristiansenJuly 21, 2017
Evangelicals have helped the Catholic Church at the highest levels.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second from right, inspects the preparation of the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in North Korea's northwest. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)
Politics & Society Dispatches
Three questions about the future of nuclear weapons
Drew ChristiansenJuly 17, 2017
The U.N. has voted to ban the bomb. What comes next?
Leaflets are seen on a delegates desk before a vote by the conference to adopt a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination, Friday, July 7, 2017 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Politics & Society Dispatches
In its first-ever U.N. vote, the Holy See says ‘No’ to nuclear weapons
Drew ChristiansenJuly 10, 2017
122 states—but none of the world’s nine nuclear powers—voted to ban the bomb.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is greeted by Archbishop Georg Ganswein, prefect of the papal household, prior to an Oct. 24 private meeting between Maduro and Pope Francis at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Miraflores Palace handout via EPA)
Politics & Society Short Take
What makes religious organizations so effective at diplomatic peacemaking?
Drew ChristiansenFebruary 28, 2017
Drew Christiansen, S.J., discusses the significance of religious peacebuilding in struggling countries.
Faith
Christ and Culture: Behind the debate about 'public theology'
Drew ChristiansenDecember 22, 2016
The inspiration for public theology lies in the Catholic belief that the church has a role in transforming the wider society under the influence of the Gospel.
Politics & Society Dispatches
Pope Francis calls for a “politics of nonviolence” in annual World Day of Peace message.
Drew ChristiansenDecember 12, 2016
“Violence is not the cure for our broken world,” the pope writes.
In this Dec. 10, 2009 file photo, Elie Wiesel lights a candle for Holocaust victims on a memorial wall, which identifies tens of thousands of Hungarian Holocaust victims, in the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest, Hungary (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky).
In All Things
Elie Wiesel's novel 'Dawn' drew lessons for humanity and the Jewish people.
Drew ChristiansenJuly 05, 2016
'Dawn,' the sequel to Elie Wiesel's better known novel, 'Night,' offered a prophetic critique.
A young girl smiles as she embraces Pope Francis during an audience for families participating in the pastoral conference of the Diocese of Rome in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 14. (CNS photo/Giampiero Sposito, Reuters)
Synod on the Family
In Pope Francis’ pastoral theology, people come first.
Drew ChristiansenApril 08, 2016
Morally—and religiously—we are works in progress.
VOICES FOR FREEDOM. Pope John Paul II talks with Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev during a historic 1989 meeting at the Vatican. The two expressed broad agreement on the need for greater religious freedom in the Soviet Union.
How the Catholic Church took religious liberty from the sacristy to the street
Drew ChristiansenFebruary 18, 2016
The church's evolving understanding of religious liberty.
BUMPER TO BUMPER MASS. The World Meeting of Families closing celebration along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia.
Papal Healing: Pope Francis’ U.S. visit may mark a farewell to factions.
Drew ChristiansenOctober 07, 2015
Ron Murphy, S. J., a Georgetown University German professor, was returning from the Catholic University of America, where Pope Francis had celebrated the canonization of St. Junípero Serra, when a woman approached him. “Father, Father,” she exclaimed, “this pope is wonderful. This