Voices
Jim McDermott, S.J., is an associate editor at America.
Arts & CultureShort Take
Netflix is the service that has most invested in building a library of faith-based stories. And isn’t that worth supporting?
Arts & CultureTelevision
“Somebody Somewhere” is not a show about religion, but it is in its own way an exploration of what a truly religious community offers—namely, a space of radical acceptance.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
The Biden administration’s mask mandate for public transportation has been struck down, and people are now free to do whatever they want on planes and trains. But what should we choose to do?
FaithShort Take
“The Jews” didn’t kill Jesus. And if the Gospel of John makes people think that, we should read a different Gospel on Good Friday.
FaithShort Take
The institutional Catholic Church as we currently experience it is simply not going to be able to survive, and yet much of our leadership seems content to blame the messenger and insist on business as usual. So what to do?
FaithFaith in Focus
I wish I could say I had some advice on how to do Lent better. But I also wonder if a certain sense of failure during Lent is actually a good thing.
Arts & CultureTelevision
Watching “Servant of the People,” I find myself called to gratitude, hope and mourning.
FaithLent Reflections
A Reflection for the Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent, by Jim McDermott
Arts & CultureFilm
The film mostly reinforces a longstanding and problematic trope.
FaithFaith in Focus
There’s a problem with the Ten Commandments: You can follow them and still be a pretty terrible person.