Voices
Zac Davis, Associate Editor for Digital Strategy

Zac Davis is an associate editor for digital strategy at America and a host of the podcast, Jesuitical. He was named the 2017 Multimedia Journalist of the Year by the Catholic Press Association. His writing has also appeared in the Washington Post, Catholic News Service and other outlets.

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Articles By Zac Davis
Author Rachel Held Evans.
Faith Jesuitical
Remembering Rachel Held Evans
Zac DavisMay 10, 2019
Her willingness to write candidly and prophetically about her faith inspired countless believers and doubters.
Faith Of Many Things
Grieving the fire of Notre Dame during Holy Week
Zac DavisApril 15, 2019
Our Lady, who stood weeping at her son’s crucifixion, surely weeps for the cathedral dedicated to her name.
Faith Jesuitical
Should Catholics care about what happens at the Vatican?
Zac DavisApril 05, 2019
Could paying attention to the Vatican regularly become a spiritual practice and put the headlines you see about the church in context?
Arts & Culture Jesuitical
Marquette’s Markus Howard is changing the way athletes talk about mental health
Zac DavisMarch 15, 2019
Are we closer to ending the stigma surrounding mental health care?
Faith Faith in Focus
How Loyola Chicago’s Sister Jean prays—on and off the court
Zac DavisMarch 08, 2019
A conversation with the celebrity sister of college basketball
Politics & Society Short Take
How should we react to Michael Cohen’s imperfect contrition?
Zac DavisMarch 01, 2019
Was Michael Cohen's soul searching authentic or merely convenient? It’s a question at least as much about sin as about political strategy.
Arts & Culture Jesuitical
What in the hell? How Vinson Cunningham imagines the afterlife
Zac DavisFebruary 22, 2019
A discussion on our first memories of hell, how it still impacts our lives and our culture, and why it might be easier to describe hell than heaven.
Faith Jesuitical
Live from Australia: How young Catholics are changing the church
Zac DavisFebruary 01, 2019
We look at the Synod’s final document and talk about what still needs to be done to have young people lead in the Catholic Church.
Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento, Calif., front right, prays during Mass in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception at Mundelein Seminary on Jan. 3 at the University of St. Mary of the Lake in Illinois, near Chicago. The U.S. bishops are on retreat Jan. 2-8 at the seminary. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)
Faith Short Take
Why are the bishops praying about the abuse crisis instead of doing something about it?
Zac DavisJanuary 04, 2019
Catholics have every right to demand action, but there must be discernment and prayer before making decisions. Then comes the courage to enact necessary change.
Faith Jesuitical
Sister Helen Prejean fought the death penalty—and won
Zac DavisDecember 14, 2018
We talk to Sister Helen about how “sneaky Jesus” changed her life forever.