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Jan 22, 2025 | 
americamagazine.org | Ashley McKinless |Zac Davis
Ahead of Donald J. Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, Zac Davis and Ashley McKinless spoke with Kelly Ryan, the president of Jesuit Refugee Service USA, about her 30 years of experience working with refugees, asylum seekers and migrants for the “Jesuitical” podcast. The following excerpt from their conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Zac Davis: Maybe we could just start by taking a look at regular immigration, refugees and people seeking asylum.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
americamagazine.org | Ashley McKinless
Candles and flowers are laid at the entrance of the synagogue to mark the first anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel, Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)Yesterday, after attending Mass and lunch near the Church of St. Ignatius, I made my way back to the Vatican by way of Rome’s old Jewish Quarter.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
americamagazine.org | Ashley McKinless
Loading... Click here if you don’t see subscription options“Calming the Storm,” Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1596 (Wikipedia)A Reflection for the Wednesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary TimeBy Ashley McKinlessFind today’s readings here. “Jesus summoned the Twelve and gave them power and authorityover all demons and to cure diseases,and he sent them to proclaim the Kingdom of Godand to heal the sick” (Lk 9:1-2). My first real reporting assignment for America came in the fall of 2016.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
americamagazine.org | Ashley McKinless
A Reflection for the Monday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary TimeFind today’s readings here. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You lock the Kingdom of heaven before men. You do not enter yourselves,nor do you allow entrance to those trying to enter” (Mt 23:13). Most of us enjoy calling out a hypocrite. The politician who preaches family values and gets caught in an affair. The environmental activist who flies to a summit on climate change in a private jet.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
americamagazine.org | Ashley McKinless
Loading... Click here if you don’t see subscription optionsBishop Dennis Sullivan of Camden tosses a wreath of flowers into the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 15, 2024, as part of Atlantic City’s 56th annual Wedding of the Sea. (Photo credit: Michael Walsh)I step off the boardwalk into the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino and am immediately met by a sea of slot machines and blackjack tables.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
americamagazine.org | Ashley McKinless
Loading... Click here if you don’t see subscription optionsWashington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory administers the sacrament of confirmation to Rebecca Kinnebrew during the Easter Vigil on April 8, 2023, at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington. (OSV News photo/Mihoko Owada, Catholic Standard)A Reflection for Tuesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary TimeFind today’s readings here.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
americamagazine.org | Ashley McKinless
A Reflection for Saturday of the Fourth Week of EasterFind today’s readings here. “If you know me, then you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”If you asked me to tell you about my parents, there is plenty I could say. They are both accountants. My mother grew up in South Carolina, and my father is from Virginia. He loves cinnamon rolls, and she loves ketchup. Those facts start to paint a picture of them, but they could also be said of many people.
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
americamagazine.org | Ashley McKinless
Loading... Click here if you don’t see subscription optionsPresident Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 7, as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Mike Johnson watch. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)For many Americans tuning in to President Biden’s 2024 State of the Union Address, the main question was: Could he make it through without a major mental or physical mishap?
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Feb 9, 2024 | 
americamagazine.org | Ashley McKinless
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
americamagazine.org | Ashley McKinless
Loading... Click here if you don’t see subscription optionsA Reflection for the Memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus, bishops Find today’s readings here. “To what shall we compare the Kingdom of God,or what parable can we use for it? It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground,is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth” (Mk 4:30-31). On a frigid Sunday evening earlier this month, I attended the 6 p.m. Mass at my parish, the post-holiday blues already starting to sink in.
