Voices
Ricardo da Silva, S.J., is an associate editor of America Media and the host of the podcast “Preach.”
FaithInterviews
‘I found that I was able to live more ‘monastically’ than I had ever thought possible.’
FaithInterviews
“Covid swept away a number of our distractions and so, at least in principle, allowed us to wrestle with the questions that really matter.”
FaithInterviews
‘You surrender to what is. Covid taught me this.’
FaithInterviews
‘Hope is an active verb. You don’t have hope if you just stand on the sidelines.’
FaithAdvent Reflections
A Reflection for the Fourth Monday of Advent
FaithExplainer
Pope Francis has held up the Congolese liturgy as a model for similarly inculturated rites in other parts of the Catholic world.
FaithDispatches
After the latest report on the abuse of children by clergy and other in the Catholic Church in England and Wales, survivors are tired of promises and expressions of sorrow. They want structural reform.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
The Vatican’s report on Theodore McCarrick is an indictment of institutional knowledge and decision-making in the Catholic Church.
Politics & SocietyFaith in Focus
For Black, brown and poor students in-person schooling is an essential service.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
A week out from the U.S. Election, Joe Biden turned to Pope Francis’ latest encyclical for inspiration in a brief address given in Warm Springs, Ga.