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FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
This week on Inside The Vatican, Ricardo da Silva, S.J. interviews Anne Leahy, who once served as the Canadian ambassador to Russia and later to the Holy See, to understand Pope Francis and the Vatican in its relations with Russia.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Marjorie Taylor Greene said in a statement that she believes Catholic bishops are “satanic” and accused them of “destroying our nation” through their support of migrants.
FaithVideo
America Video

The Catholic struggle is real. But that’s what we’re here for. At America Magazine, we give you the tools to discuss, prod and wrestle with your faith, openly and without fear—to share your perspective on being a Catholic—as well as a human being.

Chris Smalls, wearing baseball cap, celebrates with union members after getting the voting results to unionize workers at the Amazon warehouse on Staten Island, N.Y., on April 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Alex Hogan
The principle of subsidiarity helps explain why labor organizers at an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island were able to build trust and win support from the rank-and-file.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
The question and the charge we are given by the Lord remains the same: Do you love me? Keep your eyes on me!
Elon Musk, now estimated to be the wealthiest person in the world, speaks at a technology convention in 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kevin Clarke
Elon Musk is making headlines by buying Twitter, but he is only one of the American oligarchs working to protect their wealth while fighting policies that would benefit the common good.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
J.D. Long García
Do Americans care about Ukrainians because they recognize them as victims of Vladimir Putin? Do Americans need a “big baddie” to hate before we take action on behalf of the poor and persecuted?
Pope Francis greets the crowd during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 27, 2022.
FaithSpeeches
Pope Francis
“Look closely at the relationship you have with your mothers-in-law: at times they are a bit special, but they have been the mother to your spouse, they have given you everything.”
Politics & Society
Zac DavisJim McDermottDoug Girardot
Or should they have already logged off?
Politics & SocietyPodcasts
The Gloria Purvis Podcast
This week on “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” Gloria talks to Pamela Ferrell, a pioneer and advocate in the natural hair care field.
Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
James T. Keane
John L'Heureux was rightly praised for his novels, short stories, poetry and memoir. But how many other writers do you know also once wrote an experimental eucharistic prayer?
FaithNews Analysis
Colleen Dulle
After months of saying publicly he would do everything possible to stop the war in Ukraine, including making a visit to the besieged country, Pope Francis said that a trip to Ukraine was now off the table.
Arts & CultureVantage Point
C. J. McNaspy
Those of us who have championed the vernacular cause over the years were never so naive (and we said so in print) as to believe that translation would put an end to all problems. In fact, it creates new ones.
Joe Kennedy standing with crossed arms in front of a football field.
Politics & SocietyNews
Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service
The majority of Supreme Court justices seemed to side with a former high school football coach who said his postgame prayers on the field amounted to private speech.
FaithFaith in Focus
Valerie Schultz
I’m afraid, but not of the virus. Frankly, I’m afraid of what I will see, of what I will hear when I get there and step inside the church.
FaithNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
Pope Francis formalized appointments to the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and named new secretaries to the restructured Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
FaithNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
If there is “a person asking you for forgiveness, who are you to ask if he or she may or may not be sincere?” the pope said. “You take their word for it, and forgive. Always forgive.”
A sunrise ceremony, including the Native American purification ritual called smudging, at the Tekakwitha Conference in Fargo, N.D., on July 26, 2014. The conference was named for St. Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American to be canonized in the Catholic Church. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)
FaithShort Take
Damian Costello
The revitalization of ceremonial life in Indigenous communities and the resurgence of the Latin Mass both reflect a desire to return to a more holistic way of knowing, characteristic of our ancestors.
Arts & CultureShort Take
Jim McDermott
Netflix is the service that has most invested in building a library of faith-based stories. And isn’t that worth supporting?
Georgetown University’s description of its philosophy program promises to equip students "with important skills for living with themselves from day to day.” (Photo of John Carroll statue in front of Healy Hall from iStock/aimintang)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Joseph J. Dunn
Liberal arts universities face the twin crises of an enrollment decline and a perception of irrelevancy. They should abandon any squeamishness about using better marketing techniques.