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Sam Sawyer, S.J., is the editor in chief of America Media.
FaithSynod Diary
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
There’s an old joke that a camel is what you get when a horse has been designed by a committee. The synod’s final document bears the camel-like appearance of committee drafting. Maybe that‘s a good thing.
FaithOf Many Things
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
I have admittedly rolled my eyes at the language the Vatican uses around the Synod on Synodality. But it should prompt all Catholics to ask themselves: Do I know what I am really trying to say?
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Politics & SocietyOf Many Things
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
When public servants when they show us a glimpse of something that points the way toward “more perfect union,” we ought to pay close and grateful attention.
FaithScripture Reflections
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
A Reflection for Saturday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.
Politics & SocietyOf Many Things
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
The Gaza campus protests reveal the nature—and danger—of righteous anger.
FaithOf Many Things
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
If you are not challenged somewhere in your own moral thinking by reading it, then you most likely have not read it thoroughly enough.
FaithScripture Reflections
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
A Reflection for Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.
At left: the Marshall Steam Station coal power plant, near Mooresville, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Politics & SocietyOf Many Things
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
In issuing “Laudato Si’,” nine years ago, Pope Francis made climate change a central issue in the church’s social teaching. Are we still paying attention?
FaithOf Many Things
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
There is a profound grace in submitting ourselves to a rhythm of time that we do not control.
FaithScripture Reflections
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
A Reflection for Tuesday of the First Week of Lent, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.