America Magazine - The Jesuit Review

06/13/2025

A survivor of Nazi-occupied France asks: Who will protect Trump’s migrant targets?

My Jewish family was sheltered in a Christian village in Nazi-occupied France. Now I am a naturalized American citizen, but can I count on similar courage and good will from my neighbors?

06/13/2025

Pope Leo sets Sept. 7 for joint canonization of Carlo Acutis and Frassati

Blessed Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint, and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who dedicated his life to serving the poor and sick, will be canonized together on Sept. 7.

06/13/2025

Senator Chris C***s: Democrats need to talk about their faith

This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley talk with U.S. Senator Chris C***s, the senior Democratic senator from Delaware.

06/13/2025

The L.A. immigration raids: This is what it feels like to be occupied by a foreign army.

No one I knew in Los Angeles was afraid to go downtown. That is, they were unafraid until President Donald Trump called in the National Guard and then the Marines.

06/13/2025

A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Anthony of Padua, Priest and Doctor of the Church, by Grace Lenahan

06/12/2025

Military madness—and spending—is sweeping the nations

It is fair to say that the global tab for addressing the world’s acute humanitarian or ecological needs pales in comparison to the eye-watering amounts governments unabashedly dole out for bombs and…

06/12/2025

Vatican roundtable: Pope Leo XIV, AI ethics and s*xual abuse crisis reforms

This week on “Inside the Vatican,” hosts Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell and producer Ricardo da Silva, S.J., answer listener questions about the conclave and the first month of Pope Leo XIV.

06/12/2025

How will Pope Leo tackle the s*x abuse crisis?

Abuse experts and survivors express a mix of tentative hopes and low expectations for how Pope Leo might address discipling abusers, supporting victims and ensuring that the church is a safe…

06/12/2025

‘It felt like a kidnapping’: Catholics respond to the immigration raids in LA

“It literally felt like kidnapping. I saw three of those ‘kidnappings’ happen in the span of 20 minutes.” That is how Angel Mortel described detainments she witnessed outside of a Los Angeles…

06/12/2025

An early test for Pope Leo: Addressing the intersection of s*xual and spiritual abuse.

In my work as both a catechist and mental health professional, I have seen the impact of spiritual abuse firsthand.

06/12/2025

Pope Leo to return to practice of ‘imposing’ pallium on new archbishops

In 2015, Pope Francis had changed the ceremony, inviting new archbishops to concelebrate Mass with him and be present for the blessing of the palliums as a way of underlining their bond of unity and…

06/12/2025

Archbishop Weisenburger: Immigrants are—and always have been—the lifeblood of America.

Who are we as a country if we are unable to recognize the same aspirations demonstrated by today’s immigrants that once defined the immigrants of generations gone by?