Voices

Zac Davis is an associate editor and the senior director for digital strategy for America. He also co-hosts the podcast, Jesuitical. In addition to America, his writing on religion and culture has appeared in The Washington Post, Catholic News Service and other outlets.
FaithPodcasts
If you're thinking about leaving, your feelings are valid. But the biggest thing you could do in response to this is go receive the Eucharist.
FaithShort Take
We are told that this is justice served, and yet there remains a man who should still be breathing who instead is dead.
Arts & CultureTelevision
It is the perfect time to sink into the couch and run through the most hopeful show on television: “Ted Lasso.”
Politics & SocietyShort Take
And in the midst of the pandemic chaos, we have become fixated on figuring out who are the deserving.
FaithShort Take
Lord, I don’t know what it actually means for a year to go to hell. But if hell is hot, let 2020 burn.
FaithAdvent Reflections
A Reflection for the Second Wednesday of Advent
FaithFaith in Focus
The only reaction that matters right now for most of us is spiritual. We need patience. We need to let the votes be counted.
FaithInterviews
Bishop Barron on talking to atheists, young people and the Black Lives Matter Movement.
FaithShort Take
President Trump’s visit to the St. John Paul II National Shrine continues a pattern of using sacred sites for political stunts, writes America associate editor Zac Davis. This is over the line of what the church should tolerate.
Arts & CultureTelevision
“The Last Dance” is not documentary but hagiography. Many commentators mean this as a criticism, but here is the thing: Hagiographies are important—and compelling.