Voices
Ashley McKinless is an executive editor at America and co-host of the ‘Jesuitical’ podcast.
In All Things
When President Obama spoke to the nation of Nov 20 making his case for taking executive action on immigration he turned to Scripture ldquo we shall not oppress a stranger for we know the heart of a stranger We were strangers once too rdquo Even those with little familiarity with the Bible
Of Other Things
The promises made by the evangelizers of modern diets border on salvific.
In All Things
America asked two prominent members of Congress both Catholics with famous names to respond to nbsp Pope Francis rsquo repeated calls to empower the poor Paul Ryan nbsp the Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee is an eight-term member of Congress from Wisconsin rsquo s 1st Congressi
News
Several takes on the independence referendum
Film
The big screen has a strange relationship with abortion. The oft-made claim that Hollywood advances a liberal social agenda doesn’t hold much water when it comes to the prochoice cause. While sex, drugs and alternative lifestyles abound, when it comes to unplanned pregnancies, more often
FaithIn All Things
Dr. Cornel West celebrates Day's 116th birthday with New York's Catholic Worker community.
In All Things
Refugees are the ldquo first victims rdquo of the ongoing conflict in Syria and ldquo the ones paying the highest price rdquo said Archbishop Francis A Chullikatt at The Humanitarian Response to the Middle East Refugee Crisis a side event to the 2013 High-Level Dialogue held on Oct 4 Chulli
The Restoration of St. Patrick's
On March 17, 2012, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York unveiled ambitious plans to restore St. Patrick's Cathedral, which he described as "America's parish church and the soul of the capital of the world." The restoration is projected to cost roughly $175 million and to be finished in December 2015. The folks at St. Patrick's were kind enough to give me a behind the scenes (or, rather, up in the rafters) tour of some of the renovation projects inside the church.
Pope Francis' Asia Trip in Photos
Photos courtesy of Catholic News Service.