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Jon M. Sweeney is a frequent contributor to America and the author of many books including Francis of Assisi in His Own Words and, for children, The Pope’s Cat series, illustrated by Roy DeLeon.
Arts & CultureBooks
Jon M. Sweeney
'Brighton Rock' made me feel ready to become a Catholic after so many years of deliberately not being one. I, too, frequently felt lost and agnostic. The story of Rose and Pinkie—so similar, so different, both human—was like a piece I found that had been missing from my puzzle.
Mother Teresa presents documents for a new house to a villager.
FaithFaith
Jon M. Sweeney
How did Mother Teresa's ubiquitous presence in the media hinder us from really knowing her?
FaithFaith in Focus
Jon M. Sweeney
I have called myself a peacemaker. I have never held a gun and never want to. But I am also a father, and I will always protect my children.
FaithFaith in Focus
Jon M. Sweeney
Sometimes, standing in a spot and truly acknowledging pain may be the best thing we can do.
Arts & CultureBooks
Jon M. Sweeney
Forty years after its publication, Jon Sweeney revisits ‘Blue Highways’ and its iconoclastic author.
FaithBooks
Jon M. Sweeney
The essential Merton is all of these books taken together. Read them all, and in this order, if you can.
Arts & CultureFeatures
Jon M. Sweeney
Daniel Hornsby's debut novel, 'Via Negativa,' is the story of a Roman Catholic priest on the road to many destinations, both material and spiritual.
Arts & CultureBooks
Jon M. Sweeney
Few artists in history have found as many devotees as Richard Wagner, for better or for worse.
Arts & CultureBooks
Jon M. Sweeney
A spy story that sounds like a novel, but is true to life.
FaithFaith in Focus
Jon M. Sweeney
As Christians have become more familiar and neighborly with people of other religious traditions, we have extended that familiarity to appreciation, and sometimes appreciation becomes appropriation.