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Pope Francis speaks with the editors and staff of America. (America Media/Antonello Nusca)
Politics & Society Dispatches
December 29, 2022
Senior editor Robert David Sullivan charts America magazine’s year in review, month by month.
President Joe Biden holds up his pen after signing 8nto law the Respect for Marriage Act, a landmark bill protecting same-sex marriage, on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington Dec. 13, 2022. (CNS photo/Kevin Lamarque, Reuters)
Politics & Society News Analysis
December 15, 2022
The Respect for Marriage Act upholds a principle that most Americans can agree on: We are not going back to the 1950s.
Politics & Society Short Take
November 17, 2022
Let us all pause to imagine Donald J. Trump saying, “I can only ask your forgiveness” to anyone.
The sun rises over the U.S. Capitol in Washington Nov. 9, 2022, as election results continued to be tallied across the U.S. to determine control of Congress. (CNS photo/Tom Brenner, Reuters)
Politics & Society News Analysis
November 09, 2022
Almost everyone is frustrated because they want one party to finally achieve a decisive win and pull the country out of a polarization vortex — but it never happens.
USA flag on man's shoulder
Politics & Society News Analysis
November 03, 2022
The editors have put together this guide to some of the most important issues facing voters this fall, with a focus on how Catholics can make choices that respect life and consider the common good.
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Politics & Society Short Take
November 02, 2022
Pace yourself. Don’t overdose on political news thinking that it will all be over soon.
Phillip Mendoza joined other anti-abortion supporters at the California March for Life rally held at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on June 22, 2022. On Nov. 8, California voters will be asked to add the right to an abortion to the California Constitution. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Politics & Society Podcasts
November 01, 2022
In a new episode of Voting Catholic, host Sebastian Gomes discusses abortion after the reversal of Roe with America magazine contributor Jacqui Oesterblad, ethicist Richard Doerflinger and Marcia Lane McGee of New Wave Feminists.
A California Highway Patrol officer lifts police tape to let parents and students leave a cordoned-off area following a shooting at a school campus in Oakland, Calif., on Sept. 28, 2022. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group via AP)
Politics & Society Podcasts
October 31, 2022
In a new episode of Voting Catholic, host Sebastian Gomes discusses the American ”idolatry” of guns with Gonzaga University’s Patrick McCormick and Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio.
A customer pumps gas at an Exxon gas station on May 10, 2022, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Politics & Society Podcasts
October 28, 2022
In a new episode of Voting Catholic, Sebastian Gomes speaks with the economist Tony Annett about the causes of inflation—and with Catherine Orr, a pastoral associate in Wisconsin, about the pressure of rising prices for gas and other goods.
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Politics & Society News Analysis
October 26, 2022
I have covered this growing pessimism about our political system in previous columns, but the evidence keeps coming.