James Carney pledged his life to the cause of destitute campesinos in Honduras, living and working among them as a parish priest and organizing campesino cooperatives to fight for land reform and human rights.
Jeremy Zipple
Jeremy Zipple, S.J., is associate pastor of St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church in Belize City and a documentary filmmaker. He is a former executive editor at America.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
A Jesuit’s Palm Sunday with the ‘crucified church’ of Belize
The prayer of Father Sam Wilson is that more of his brother Jesuits will answer the call to serve in assignments on the peripheries like southern Belize. “It’s where we should be,” he says.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Lessons from a year of online liturgy at a Jesuit parish in Belize
Experimenting with virtual liturgies need not be a cause for despair but instead an invitation from the Lord to try something new.
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In Belize, death is a part of life. That doesn’t mean it’s easy.
During my first half-decade as a priest, I buried a total of three people. In the last two years here in Belize, that number is well over a hundred—and it has reminded me of love’s eternalness.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Why Mississippi changing its rebel flag is a small step toward confronting racism
As Mississippi puts away the Confederate stars-and-bars, native son Jeremy Zipple, S.J., reflects on the heavy silence around racism that prevailed during his childhood.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Refugees and the rhetoric of love
Through their stories, we too are allowed to cry and hope with these blessed ones.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Meet the Jesuit chaplain who prays for Congress. He could use your help.
I will see two people talking and pray: “Lord, whatever that is please bless that. Don’t even know what it is.”
Posted inFaith, Signs Of the Times
New U.S. Cardinals Condemn Polarization Inside the Church
“The problem that we have today, not only in society but also in the church, is that we’ve become too polarized,” Cardinal Kevin Farrell, an Irish-born prelate who was bishop of Dallas before taking over a Vatican department on family life earlier this year, told America.
Posted inIn All Things
Why the Director of ‘Spotlight’ Has Hope for the Catholic Church: An Interview with Tom McCarthy
An interview with the Jesuit-educated director of “Spotlight,” this year’s winner for Best Picture.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
A Palestinian Christian explains what it feels to celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem today.
The ancient Christian population of Bethlehem is fast disappearing. One of the few remaining Palestinian Christians explains what it feels like to celebrate Christmas there today.