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Ricardo da Silva, S.J., Associate Editor
Ricardo da Silva, S.J., is an associate editor of America Media and the host of the podcast “Preach.”
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Articles by Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
Sister Helen Prejean, a Sister of the congregation of St. Joseph.
FaithInterviews
What got Sister Helen Prejean through 2020
Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
‘Hope is an active verb. You don’t have hope if you just stand on the sidelines.’
FaithAdvent Reflections
Elizabeth’s question to Mary at the Visitation is one for all of us.
Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
A Reflection for the Fourth Monday of Advent
FaithExplainer
Explainer: What is the Zaire rite—and why is Pope Francis talking about it now?
Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
Pope Francis has held up the Congolese liturgy as a model for similarly inculturated rites in other parts of the Catholic world.
Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, England, is pictured in a Feb. 24, 2014, photo. An inquiry into the Catholic Church in England and Wales released Nov. 10, 2020, criticized Cardinal Nichols and the Vatican for failing to show compassion or leadership in the fight against child abuse. (CNS photo/Max Rossi, Reuters)
FaithDispatches
England is reckoning with a clerical sex abuse crisis. Again.
Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
After the latest report on the abuse of children by clergy and other in the Catholic Church in England and Wales, survivors are tired of promises and expressions of sorrow. They want structural reform.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Can the Catholic Church find a better way to choose bishops?
Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
The Vatican’s report on Theodore McCarrick is an indictment of institutional knowledge and decision-making in the Catholic Church.
Politics & SocietyFaith in Focus
Why this Jesuit middle school is staying open while NYC public schools go remote
Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
For Black, brown and poor students in-person schooling is an essential service.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Joe Biden quotes Pope Francis’ new encyclical to warn against ‘phony populism’
Ricardo da Silva, S.J.Molly Cahill
A week out from the U.S. Election, Joe Biden turned to Pope Francis’ latest encyclical for inspiration in a brief address given in Warm Springs, Ga.
FaithDispatches
Where homosexuality is still illegal, Pope Francis has thrown a lifeline to L.G.B.T. Catholics
Michael J. O’LoughlinRicardo da Silva, S.J.
“It definitely will save lives, especially in countries where there is active persecution of L.G.B.T.Q. people.”
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Evo Morales says Pope Francis called him, pleaded for peace after Bolivia’s election
Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
Evo Morales said Pope Francis called him to congratulate him on his party’s win after exit polls showed that the former Bolivian president’s top pick, Luis Arce, would win the general election.
Pilgrims hold candles and pray while maintaining social distancing at the Marian shrine of Fatima in central Portugal Oct. 12, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Pedro Nunes, Reuters)
FaithNews Analysis
Pope Francis again called for more female leaders. Some Catholic women say his words aren’t enough.
Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
Catholic women theologians said that they were tired of hearing words promoting women in the church without accompanying actions that place women in the clear leadership roles.