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Jim McDermott, S.J., is an associate editor at America.
Bob Odenkirk in "Better Call Saul" (AMC Networks)
Arts & CultureTelevision
Jim McDermott
For six years, “Better Call Saul” has given the story equivalent of a graduate-level seminar on morality, and the series finale is both satisfying and surprising.
Tom Sturridge as Dream and Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Death in “The Sandman” (Netflix)
Arts & CultureTelevision
Jim McDermott
Until recently, “The Sandman”—Neil Gaiman’s magnum opus about the eternal being who oversees the universe of dreaming—has remained an impossible quest.
Arts & CultureIdeas
Jim McDermott
Britney Spears recently wanted to get married in the Catholic Church. The controversy that followed shows us what we still need to learn about turning our churches into welcoming spaces.
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FaithFaith in Focus
Jim McDermott
Sometimes not getting to do the thing that you want can actually feel kind of wonderful, even luxurious.
FaithScripture Reflections
Jim McDermott
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Jim McDermott, S.J.
Iman Vellani as Ms. Marvel/Kamala Khan in 'Ms. Marvel’ (photo courtesy of Marvel Studios)
Arts & CultureTelevision
Jim McDermott
When it came to bringing Kamala Khan to the screen, Marvel has made all the right choices.
FaithFaith in Focus
Jim McDermott
We will all be a lot better off when fewer distinctions are made between us clergy and everyone else.
Arts & CultureIdeas
Jim McDermott
I usually love a good space story. But the more accolades I read about the new Webb Telescope image, the more I wondered if there was some other photo I hadn’t seen—because the one I kept seeing looked, well, like a blurry photo of stars.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Jim McDermott
Every ticket scooped up by scalpers is one less ticket available to the very people that the pope is going to Canada to see.
‘Bear Wedding’ by Mykola Zhuravel
Arts & CultureArt
Jim McDermott
Ukranian artist Mykola Zhuravel talks about his exhibit “Invasion Redux” and the naked aggression of Vladimir Putin’s Russia.