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Ricardo da Silva

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Past articles by Ricardo:

‘Get behind me, Satan’: Why Jesus is tough on Peter

A Reflection for Thursday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time, by Ricardo da Silva, S.J. → Read More

Congolese Jesuit on Pope Francis’ Africa visit: ‘Women are expecting some changes to happen’

Toussaint Kafarhire Murhula, S.J., a priest in the Democratic Republic of Congo, describes the joy of Congolese people at the pope's visit and his hopes for what the pope's journey might bring. → Read More

Pope Francis gives major interview on his critics, sex abuse, decriminalizing homosexuality and more

Pope Francis spoke out against the criminalization of homosexuality, critiqued the use of guns by civilians and admitted to his own mishandling of the sexual abuse crisis in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press. → Read More

God gets angry. We can’t deny that.

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time, by Ricardo da Silva, S.J. → Read More

On the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Mary teaches us about perfect freedom

A Reflection for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, by Ricardo da Silva, S.J. → Read More

‘Think Like a Jesuit’: The new video series that takes an Ignatian approach to uncomfortable conversations

Disagreement gets a bad rap nowadays. Why? → Read More

Seeing God’s glory in the darkness

I just wasn’t feeling God’s presence. Or so I thought. → Read More

We traveled to four Catholic parishes across the country to make a documentary. These are their stories.

In the fall of 2021, America Media’s video team hatched an idea: What would it look like if we traveled to four parishes across the United States during the course of one year and assessed their similarities and differences? Here is a snapshot of what we found. → Read More

Meet Father Bill Holt, the Dominican priest who went viral on ‘Humans of New York’

America interviewed Father Holt at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, to learn a little more about his life and journey to the priesthood and his secrets to living a fulfilling and happy life. → Read More

When Scripture doesn’t give us neat answers

A Reflection for Friday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time, by Ricardo da Silva, S.J. → Read More

The Transfiguration of Jesus gives us the courage to accept him—and our authentic selves

A Reflection for the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, by Ricardo da Silva, S.J. → Read More

Analysis: Pope Francis apologized to the Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Was it enough?

“They want to hear the Holy Father say it was the Catholic Church that was ultimately responsible for what descended on the peoples of our country, the first peoples.” → Read More

What do you do when a Gospel passage doesn’t sit right with you?

A Reflection for the Saturday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Ricardo da Silva, S.J. → Read More

Leonard Cohen’s imperfect covenant with others, lovers and God

Marcia Pally's new book focuses on Leonard Cohen's faith, relationships and and worldview through his use of Jewish and Christian imagery. She spoke with associate editor Ricardo da Silva about the book and her own scholarship. → Read More

Have pity on the powerful

A reflection for the Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent by Ricardo da Silva, S.J. → Read More

Why we sing the ‘O Antiphons’ in the lead-up to Christmas (and not before)

A Reflection for the Friday of the Third Week of Advent → Read More

Pope Francis on BBC Radio: We need ‘a genuine moment of conversion’ on climate change

Radio listeners in the United Kingdom started the day with an unexpected voice this morning when they were greeted by Pope Francis in an exclusive message for the BBC. → Read More

Podcast: How residents in one NYC nursing home survived Covid-19

As the world went into lockdown, the residents at this Catholic nursing home and rehabilitation center run by the Archdiocese of New York did too. → Read More

Father Stan Swamy, 84-year-old imprisoned Indian Jesuit, has Covid-19

Stan Swamy, S.J., has tested positive for Covid-19, two weeks after the Jesuits in India suspected that he had been infected with the coronavirus. → Read More

Father Stan Swamy, 84-year-old Jesuit in Mumbai prison, may have Covid-19

Stan Swamy, S.J., the 84-year-old Indian priest and human rights activist who has been held in Taloja prison in Mumbai since October, is experiencing symptoms of Covid-19. → Read More