Voices

Jim McDermott, S.J., is an associate editor at America.
FaithFaith in Focus
I’ve been thinking about Adam Sandler’s body of work as a whole, and I’ve realized that the kind of characters he often plays may have something to teach us about, well, Jesus.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Learning a little more about Flipboard got me wondering what kind of vision of the Catholic Church you might find when the audience creating it is from around the world.
FaithFaith in Focus
Hint: You actually can’t do it wrong.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Monday of the Second Week in Lent, by Jim McDermott, S.J.
FaithFaith in Focus
As Catholics enter into Lent, a season that we mark by acts of both repentance and service, it is worth considering how we might move from alarm at antisemitism to action.
Arts & CultureArt
When Ukrainian artist Oleksandr Klymenko came upon thousands of wooden boxes being used to transport ammunition, he decided to use them as canvases for art.
Arts & CultureFilm
“Women Talking” is an exploration of the way that religion can be used to imprison people—and what’s worse, to teach them to imprison themselves.
FaithFaith in Focus
This week, I gave Playground, a more customizable version of ChatGPT, a series of prompts for Ash Wednesday homilies. And the results were pretty astonishing.
Arts & CultureArt
What does A.I. paint as the communion of saints? And what does that say about how we have taught it to visualize the saints?
Arts & CultureShort Take
The Super Bowl ads are effective precisely because they’re less interested in Jesus and more interested in getting us to think about our choices.