Voices

Jim McDermott, S.J., is an associate editor at America.
FaithDispatches
“Up until the last five or 10 years, Mass was offered every day. Then it was hard to get priests [every day]; then it was hard to get priests on the weekend. There were [fewer priests] in the parishes and they were being stretched thin.”
Arts & CultureFilm
“The Exorcist” exposed people around the world to the question of evil in a new and terrifying way. It also laid the groundwork for a different kind of horror story.
Arts & CultureTelevision
A story about a patriarch who keeps humiliating his children.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
“We need to help our society to see our common humanity—that we are all children of God, meant to live together as brothers and sisters.”
Arts & CultureTelevision
The second season of the F.B.I. serial killer show confronts the brutality of human existence.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Across the nation, bishops and other church leaders have spoken out against Trump administration asylum, detention and immigration policies. Many dioceses have mobilized to provide services for those under threat. But some Catholics worry the overall church response has been too muted, given the gravity of the crisis.
Arts & CultureTelevision
The Amazon series is based on the much-beloved fantasy novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.
FaithDispatches
In the four years since Pope Francis released his encyclical “On Care of Our Common Home,” both global and local reporting on the effects of climate change has only gotten more dire.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jesuits West province requested that GEO, which runs 134 facilities around the world—including 69 detention centers in the United States—“report annually…on how it implements” its human rights policy.
Arts & CultureTelevision
If almost a decade of watching “Game of Thrones” has taught me anything, it’s that fairy tale endings are for children.