Voices

Jim McDermott, S.J., is an associate editor at America.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga during the Q & A following his Jan. 20 talk on "The Meaning of Mercy" at Santa Clara University.
Dispatches
Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga during the Q amp A following his January 20th talk on ldquo The Meaning of Mercy rdquo at Santa Clara University INTERLOCUTOR Given the emphasis on a ldquo Church of Mercy rdquo how might that emphasis affect the pastoral response of the Church to gay and les
Dispatches
"They used to say priests do not know of economy. I’d say but we know of humanity."
Dispatches
The answer is not migration. The answer is development.
Dispatches
Last night at the Mission Church of Santa Clara University in Santa Clara California Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga Archbishop of Tegucigalpa Honduras President of Caritas Internationalis and Head of the Pope rsquo s Council of Cardinals the so-called ldquo Gang of Nine rdquo pr
FaithDispatches
Serra is known today as the “Apostle of California,” having built in the late 18th century a network of 21 missions that stretched the entire southern half of the state from San Diego to San Francisco.
Dispatches
Of the 8 films nominated for best picture, few are films that most people will see.
Dispatches
Alongside our embrace of free speech, what about being kind?
Dispatches
Does crowd-sourced travel app reduce traffic, or just spread it?
Signs Of the Times
It’s your typical Hollywood story: In the late 1970s, a Jewish kid from Los Angeles answers an ad to work as secretary to a film producer. She wants to get in “the business,” but she doesn’t exactly have the pedigree. Dad’s an economist; Mom runs a bookstore. Growing up