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J.D. Long García is a senior editor at America.
A border encounter. Photo courtesy of Jesuit Refugee Service.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
J.D. Long García
The limbo experienced by asylum seekers waiting to be admitted to the United States and the traumatic experiences that forced them to leave their home country in the first place take a profound psychological toll.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
J.D. Long García
Most young Catholics are Latino, but only 17 percent of Catholic students are. This Catholic high school is trying to change that.
FaithShort Take
J.D. Long García
It is appalling to see an organization that claims to be Catholic project pro-abortion messaging onto a structure that celebrates the conception of the Mother of God. What am I supposed to take from this?
Jose Francisco from Honduras leads his 8-year-old daughter, Zuabelin, by the hand on Nov. 22, 2021, as they take part in a caravan near Villa Mapastepec, Mexico, headed to the U.S. border. (CNS photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
J.D. Long García
While acknowledging it will take years to reverse President Trump's policies and finally move toward immigration reform, many hoped the Biden administration would have done more by this point.
FaithFaith
J.D. Long García
Ana Gladys Guzmán Grande will be present during her uncle's beatification. She spoke at length about Rutilio Grande, S.J., in an interview with America.
Maryann Arceo, a volunteer at St. Anthony's Padua Dining Room in Menlo Park, Calif., listens to a man as he receives a box of free groceries at St. Anthony's Catholic Church Nov. 18, 2021. The program provides about 300 meals every day, except Sunday, as well as groceries to anyone in need. (CNS photo/David Maung)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
J.D. Long García
“All the prices are ridiculously high,” said Manuel Jeremías Ake, a father of six in California. “We were struggling to buy what we could afford. But now, forget about it. I’ve never seen anything like this in this country.”
FaithAdvent Reflections
J.D. Long García
A reflection for the Thursday of the Second Week of Advent
Politics & SocietyDispatches
J.D. Long García
If entire nations are falling short at combatting climate change, what can local communities and small churches hope to contribute? Well, a lot.
Nativity Mission Center, pictured here in the 1970s, was founded by the Jesuits in 1971 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The center is now part of a coalition of 49 schools across the United States that follow its model for educating underserved children. (Photo courtesy NativityMiguel Coalition.)
FaithJesuit School Spotlight
J.D. Long García
Mr. Pérez is now the executive director of the NativityMiguel Coalition, a national network of faith-based schools that follow the Nativity model for helping children prepare for rigorous high school curricula.
FaithShort Take
J.D. Long García
While criticism can go too far, veering into open partisanship and misinformation, calling criticism of the church “the work of the devil” is not an avenue for dialogue.