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J.D. Long García is a senior editor at America.
FaithShort Take
J.D. Long García
This year, pitchers will not hit—not in the American League nor in the National League. Experts speculate this will lead to a permanent change in baseball.
FaithFeatures
J.D. Long García
New ministries are trying to help Latino L.G.B.T. Catholics and their families understand each other by working at the intersection of faith, culture and sexuality, reports J.D. Long-García. The first step is talking openly and honestly.
FaithDispatches
J.D. Long García
It is not uncommon to see a Tesla or a Lexus among the cars in line for food donations at parishes in the diocese.
The numbers show that Catholic print publications are still an effective means of communication. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn) 
FaithShort Take
J.D. Long García
The trend toward digital content is inevitable, writes J.D. Long-García, but the church must take advantage of the deeper engagement that is unique to print publications.
Photo: Gabriel Benois/Unsplash
FaithGoodNews
J.D. Long García
Helping parishes learn how to livestream. Writing letters. Youth ministry has changed during the coronavirus pandemic.
Francisco Ramírez delivers grocery donations in a neighborhood with a large immigrant population in the Bronx, New York, on April 18. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Politics & SocietyNews
J.D. Long García
Nearly 20 million immigrants work in health care, farm work and other jobs that are critical to the nation, writes J.D. Long-García, but many are shut out of assistance programs during the coronavirus pandemic.
FaithFaith in Focus
J.D. Long García
Catherine is a model of contemplation in action, no doubt. But for many, the biography of her life has overshadowed her writings.
FaithDispatches
J.D. Long García
Classroom closures have meant that many parents are struggling to balance their own work with their new role as teachers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Parents are overwhelmed.
People wait in line for help with unemployment benefits at the One-Stop Career Center on March 17 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
J.D. Long García
Ms. Aguila and her husband are undocumented immigrants, but their children are U.S. citizens. If the children catch the coronavirus, she said, they will have health care. But as far as her husband and herself, Ms. Aguila said their only plan is just to not get sick.
A border patrol agent walks along a wall separating Tijuana, Mexico, from San Diego on March 18. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
J.D. Long García
The “social distancing” required by the coronavirus is making it more difficult to provide essential services to migrants and asylum seekers stranded at the U.S.-Mexico border, writes J.D. Long-García.