Voices

Michael J. O’Loughlin is national correspondent at America and author of Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and the Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Father Michael Pfleger led protestors up the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago.
Politics & SocietyNews
A group of bishops, including the head of the U.S. bishops conference, will visit the border early next week.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Another Supreme Court nominee by President Trump could tilt the balance against the 1973 Roe v. Wade court decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
Arts & CultureDispatches
Photographer Tom Kiefer took a job at U.S. Customs and was horrified to discover personal items in the trash. He decided to show them to the world.
FaithDispatches
“I hope to share ‘best practices’ from parishes that have successfully reached out to the L.G.B.T. Catholic community,” Father Martin told America.
FaithDispatches
A conference on “Overcoming Polarization Through Catholic Social Thought” focused on achieving civil discourse in the church and in U.S. society.
FaithDispatches
Baltimore is not the first Catholic diocese in the United States to allow weddings outside of churches, but it is still very rare.
FaithNews
“Our continuing participation could result in me advocating for two different, and even contradictory, positions,” Bishop Deeley wrote.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
A new study from The New England Journal of Medicine suggests that the actual number of people who died in Puerto Rico as a result of Hurricane Maria is close to 5,000.
FaithNews
“I saw someone who was caring for someone, not worrying about if we are gay, straight, brown, white.”