Loading...
Loading...
Click here if you don’t see subscription options
JesuiticalJanuary 24, 2025
Photo by Blaz Photo on Unsplash

This week’s episode of “Jesuitical” features a conversation with James T. Keane, senior editor at America and columnist for the Catholic Book Club, a weekly newsletter on literature and the arts. Jim’s new book, Reading Culture Through Catholic Eyes, explores 50 Catholic writers, thinkers, and “firebrands” who have influenced Catholic culture—and yes, as Jim’s colleagues, we may sound a little biased when we say it’s well worth the read. Just take our word for it. Even better, grab a copy and see for yourselves.

Zac, Ashley and Jim discuss:

  • What makes someone a “Catholic writer”
  • Why so many of us get stuck on the same Catholic writers
  • The works of three lesser-known Catholic authors: Myles Connolly, Andre Dubus and Mary Karr

In Signs of the Times, Zac and Ashley discuss inauguration prayers for the 47th U.S. president Donald J. Trump offered by Pope Francis, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Father Frank Mann and Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde; the Cuban government’s plan to release 553 prisoners in response to Pope Francis’ Jubilee request to set the captives free; and increased family benefits for Vatican City-State employees.

Links for further reading:

You can follow us on X and on Instagram @jesuiticalshow.

You can find us on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/jesuitical.

Please consider supporting Jesuitical by becoming a digital subscriber to America Media at americamagazine.org/subscribe

The latest from america

Epiphany has come and gone. But this year, it struck me for the first time that the feast we celebrate is actually composed of several epiphanies—and that comes as something of a relief.
Simcha FisherJanuary 24, 2025
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Ricardo speaks with Gerry about Pope Francis’ criticism of U.S. mass deportations and Cuba's Vatican-backed plan to release 533 political prisoners.
Inside the VaticanJanuary 24, 2025
Pope Francis shares a hug with Jerome, one of two altar servers with Down syndrome at the Mass at the close of World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, on Aug. 6, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
A sign of the presence of the Kingdom of God is when the vulnerable among us are well taken care of. That includes the unborn in their mothers’ wombs.
Brian PaulsonJanuary 24, 2025
Pope Francis has named Indian Cardinal George J. Koovakad to be the new prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue.