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The author reflects on his faith to find Christian hope in politics. He refers to the divorce of faith from politics as an obstacle to how Catholics should approach politics. He looks forward to salvation and future deliverance of the U.S. from political corruption and looks back at the national history of the U.S. pockmarked by evil, injustice, slavery, economic deprivation and social sins. He expresses his belief in the decency and wisdom of the American people.

The article explores the Imagination of a Catholic. A lack of imagination is the most dangerous deficit of all. It also discusses about the more important question is whether Britain still has the imagination needed to aspire to great and beautiful things, as it did when Pugin first went to work building a new parliamentary palace amid the charred ruins of the old.

The article presents views of Pope Francis on the Jesuit education. It mentions need for the church, the bishops, individual Catholics and Pope to learn how to dialogue. It also mentions that Francis has methodically offered the church an education in facilitating and participating in authentic dialogue; and also mentions about Francis' engagement with journalists.

The article offers information on suggested guidelines for Catholics on social media, called "The Catholic Social Media Compact." Topics discussed include treating everyone with respect and owing them as children of God, presumption of the good intentions of interlocutors and questioning the logic, truthfulness and morality of propositions, rather than the motives, integrity or moral character of persons.

The article focuses on the different representations of water in Catholic life. Topics discussed include a report from Jeff Johnson, Society of Jesus (S.J.), president of Strake Jesuit High School in Houston, Texas on the state of the Strake Jesuit community in the midst of Hurricane Harvey, and the ministry led by the Reverend Michael Champagne that uses fan boats to transport the Eucharist in procession through the backwaters of a Southern Louisiana bayou.

The article presents the views of Father Antonio Spadaro of the Society of Jesus (S.J.), editor of the Italian Jesuit journal "La Civiltà Cattolica," on Pope Francis. Topics covered include the attention of the media and Catholics to papal pronouncement and gesture of Pope Francis, how the pope thinks in processes, the pope's efforts to work on systematic reform of policies and procedures of the Roman Curia, and his views on the Holy Spirit.

The author offers observation on the role of Catholic media in the new evangelization. He mentions the "Decree on the Means of Social Communication" promulgated by the Second Vatican Council. Archbishop Claudio Celli, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, commented on the role of Catholic journalists as new evangelists. He also cites the interview with Pope Francis on how journalists can sometimes cause fear.

The author shares his reflections on the journey to the City of God from the City of Man. Topics discussed include theologians' views on the distinction between the two cities, the view that Jesus Christ is the only source of unity among Catholics and the Catholic Church and how the City of God and the Church transcends time and space.

The author reflects on the journal "America's" commitment to provide a cosmopolitan, Catholic perspective to its readers. He claims that the Catholic, cosmopolitan spirit that founding editor, John J. Wynne, instilled in "America" still animates the journal's work today. He discusses the journal's effort to help Americans become aware of what is happening in the rest of the world.

In this article the author discusses the new evangelization in Christianity. According to the author, the new evangelization invites Catholics to become missionaries so that they can help transform the lives of others by spreading love. The author says that Jesus Christ is a source of love and salvation; but when God ceases to be personal and is considered as a thought or idea, then God becomes an object.

The article focuses on John Wynne, first editor of weekly review of the periodical. It states that he understood that in New York intellectualism mattered the most and it was a place where ideas were exchanged. It mentions that object of the periodical was to help American Catholics in faith formation, progress of the society and evangelization of the American culture.

The article presents information on the statement on political responsibility made by U.S. bishops called "Faithful Citizenship," during the 2004 presidential election. Many conservative Catholics criticized the document a lot saying that it did not consider the important messages of the church. However, a body of bishops will thoroughly analyze this year's version of the political responsibility statement before it creates anymore controversy in the Catholic community.

The article presents information about a draft document on faith and citizenship prepared by the Administrative Committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. According to the document, it is the moral duty of all Catholics to take interest in political life. The bishops said that those Catholics who blindly support public policies or legislation which weaken the fundamental interest and moral principles, indirectly support the evil.