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Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kevin O'Brien
“Move fast and break things” has been a guiding principle for Silicon Valley, writes Santa Clara University President Kevin O’Brien, but Ignatian discernment can help innovators foresee negative consequences.
Bolivian President Evo Morales presents a gift to Pope Francis at the government palace in La Paz, Bolivia, July 8. The gift was a wooden hammer and sickle -- the symbol of communism -- with a figure of the crucified Christ. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano/Illustration: America Media)
FaithFeatures
Dean Dettloff
What Catholics (still) don’t understand about communism.
Politics & SocietyOf Many Things
Matt Malone, S.J.
You should not assume that America’s editorial position on communism has changed very much. It has not, Matt Malone, S.J. writes. What has also not changed is our willingness to hear views with which we may disagree but that we nonetheless think are worth hearing.
(photo: Evelyn Akhmerov/Unsplash)
Arts & CultureArchitecture
Ciaran Freeman
Part sculpture, part landmark, it is unclear what purpose the structure plays in the public sphere.
Democratic presidential candidate former vice president Joe Biden, left, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., all talk at the same time during the Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Thursday, June 27, 2019, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Politics & SocietyYour Take
Our readers
In an online survey, America asked members of its “U.S. Politics Catholic Discussion Group” on Facebook and other readers for their thoughts on the debates.
FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
Whenever Pope Francis discusses the economy, it sets off cries that the pope is a socialist or a communist.