Of Many Things
Here are the America Jeopardy! questions, er, answers.
The following are the correct responses to the prompts for “America Jeopardy!” How many did you get?
Your Take
Pre-Cana or Engaged Encounter? America readers tell us how they prepared for marriage
“Marriage preparation is a fantastic opportunity for evangelization, catechesis and pastoral care—our diocese dropped the ball on this opportunity.”
The Letters
I choose to respect the spiritual goodness in all people.
Editorials
A New Form of Collaboration
The Gospel, my friends, sisters and brothers, is not…to be co-opted to advance any ideological position,” noted Dr. Hosffman Ospino of Boston College.
President Trump Steps Up to Fight Famine
The Trump administration should be commended for stepping up in the face of these crises.
Short Take
It is time to get past the snobbery against pastoral theologians
Pastoral theologians are attentive to the actual experience of believers trying to live their Christian lives.
Dispatches
Americans aren’t moving around as much as they used to—and it’s worrying some economists
A record low moving rate may be worsening inequality in the United States.
After weeks of terrorism and tragedy, divisions emerge in Britain
That the Grenfell Tower fire happened in a poverty-stricken enclave of the richest of London’s boroughs quickly became an unavoidable symbol of how divided the united kingdoms have become. And it was not the terrorists who divided us.
Jesuit Refugee Service chief: refugee placements may pass muster under SCOTUS ruling
“This is a pretty broad exception to the ban,” David Robinson says, “and it does allow for legitimate entry into the United States for people who can pass the screening process, which is what we want.”
In a small Cape Cod fishing town, Catholic culture on full display
This is the 70th year the event has been held, modeled on similar blessings back in Portugal.
Features
How Catholic health care is fighting against the campaign for physician-assisted suicide
As technology allows bodies to live longer than ever before, palliative care could playing an increasingly important role in end-of-life decisions.
The document that changed Catholic education forever
Although most agree that the Land O’ Lakes statement has had a pervasive influence on Catholic higher education over the last 50 years, many have seen its influence as unconstructive or simply pernicious.
Faith in Focus
I thought Good Catholics didn’t need therapy. Then I went.
I was Catholic. You pray, you receive the sacraments, you imitate the saints. What more guidance do you need?
Ideas
How the hipster can save the monk (and vice versa)
By a bizarre twist of fate, the taste of the age, “hipster taste,” runs parallel to monastic notions of work, prayer and what we might call the monastic aesthetic.
Books
Photos from the front lines
Gail Lumet Buckley reviews “Dickey Chapelle Under Fire” By John Garofolo.
Father James Martin’s guide to holy places and people
Timothy Wadkins reviews “James Martin: Essential Writings,” edited by James T. Keane.
The man who fought papal infallibility
Largely forgotten today, Ignaz von Döllinger was one of the most widely respected Catholic intellectuals of his day.
Wisdom of a ‘liberal white guy’
MSNBC host Chris Hayes likes to refer to himself as a self-righteous, loud-mouthed pundit.
Poetry
The Ambiguity of Cypress on the Via Bramasole
They line the road, the valley side, Back lit and dark as Satan’s horn. Their roots descend through rock and bone To Purgatory. Their points appear To pierce an isolated cloud. Front lit, they’re green and gay as holly, But dense, delightful steeples Pointing up to Beatrice, Whose love propelled the pilgrim’s universe, Whose benediction…
The Word
Even Deeper Faith
The story of the transfiguration is a story about faith and the insights faith confers.
The Audacious Seeker
God’s kingdom is worth the wait, worth the labor and worth the sacrifice.
Last Take
America, be beautiful: To love our nation does not mean to love it blindly
We have not loved our nation in spite of its flaws—too often we have covered over those flaws and allowed them to grow.
Faith
Even Deeper Faith
The story of the transfiguration is a story about faith and the insights faith confers.
The Audacious Seeker
God’s kingdom is worth the wait, worth the labor and worth the sacrifice.
A New Form of Collaboration
The Gospel, my friends, sisters and brothers, is not…to be co-opted to advance any ideological position,” noted Dr. Hosffman Ospino of Boston College.
Pre-Cana or Engaged Encounter? America readers tell us how they prepared for marriage
“Marriage preparation is a fantastic opportunity for evangelization, catechesis and pastoral care—our diocese dropped the ball on this opportunity.”
It is time to get past the snobbery against pastoral theologians
Pastoral theologians are attentive to the actual experience of believers trying to live their Christian lives.
How Catholic health care is fighting against the campaign for physician-assisted suicide
As technology allows bodies to live longer than ever before, palliative care could playing an increasingly important role in end-of-life decisions.
The document that changed Catholic education forever
Although most agree that the Land O’ Lakes statement has had a pervasive influence on Catholic higher education over the last 50 years, many have seen its influence as unconstructive or simply pernicious.
In a small Cape Cod fishing town, Catholic culture on full display
This is the 70th year the event has been held, modeled on similar blessings back in Portugal.
I thought Good Catholics didn’t need therapy. Then I went.
I was Catholic. You pray, you receive the sacraments, you imitate the saints. What more guidance do you need?
Magazine
The Letters
I choose to respect the spiritual goodness in all people.
Here are the America Jeopardy! questions, er, answers.
The following are the correct responses to the prompts for “America Jeopardy!” How many did you get?
Politics
Faith
Culture
Vatican
Scripture
Podcasts