Kerry Weber is an executive editor for America. On May 20, 2025, the Catholic Media Association announced that she was elected president of the organization.
The day before he died, Pope Francis made one final circuit through St. Peter’s Square in his popemobile. “That’s my last image of him alive,” Gerry O’Connell remembered. “He drove among the people.”
Luke’s vision of Jesus is deeply attuned to God’s compassion, justice and concern for those most impoverished and marginalized, offering a radical invitation to all to enter into the kingdom of God.
Ahead of Donald J. Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, Zac Davis and Ashley McKinless spoke with Kelly Ryan, the president of Jesuit Refugee Service USA, about her 30 years of experience working with refugees, asylum seekers and migrants.