St. Louis archdiocese sues DHS and ICE to bring sacraments to immigrant detainees
“Catholics receive the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, and the deprivation of these sacraments imposes real and immediate harm on Catholic detainees and priests,” the archdiocese said.
Why the Catholic Church still struggles to minister to families
This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac Davis and Ashley McKinless speak with Joseph de Viveiros, C.R., about the pastoral consequences of Pope Francis’ groundbreaking 2016 document on family life, “Amoris Laetitia.”
The World Gives My Mother Back to Me
she’d pull this red dress from the rack/ (where I will leave it), and bear it home/ to me because I wear too much black.
Indian Cardinal Filipe Neri: ‘there is no ‘single stereotype of an ideal family’
Cardinal Neri said that 10 years after “Amoris Laetitia,” the church in Asia sees that “there is no single stereotype of an ideal family but rather a challenging mosaic of diverse realities.”
Swiss Guard to mark 500th anniversary of the Sack of Rome
Col. Christoph Graf, commander of the Pontifical Swiss Guard, describes the 1527 Sack of Rome as “one of the most defining events” in the history of the military force.
‘We the People’: How the Constitution calls us to a common purpose
“We the people” reminds Americans that we are connected to one another in our shared commitment to a fundamental purpose: to promote the general welfare.
Works both familiar and surprising: America’s Fall poetry roundup
In this roundup of poetry from the past year, ‘America’ editors and staff explore worlds of verse and fragments of reality that enchant and unsettle.
Review: Liberation and Palestine
‘The Cross and the Olive Tree: Cultivating Palestinian Theology Amid Gaza,’ edited by the Palestinian theologians (and brothers) John and Samuel Munayer, can teach us much about a faith-based, justice response to the situation in the Middle East today.
Review: War and (uneasy) peace
Helen Benedict’s latest novel, ‘The Soldier’s House,’ focuses on the Iraq war, the turmoil it caused in the lives of one Iraqi family, and the American soldier who tries to help them.
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