Ricardo da Silva, S.J.

@bettapique @gerryorome @Cindy_Wooden @CarolGlatz @jesuitczerny Go well, good servant! Thank you for your service to Catholic journalism and for the welcome you’ve always shown me. See you around, I hope!

Very sad for all the vaticanisti to say good bye to the great @Cindy_Wooden We will miss you! @CarolGlatz @jesuitczerny

Pope Leo on what he was thinking inside the conclave americamagazine.org/vatican-dispat…

We hear homilies in our moments of greatest joy and deepest sorrow. Share with me and @americamag the best one you’ve ever heard—at a wedding, funeral, and/or ordination. Which one has stayed with you? What made it meaningful—and who preached it?

In the third and final episode of our first-ever “Inside the Vatican” Deep Dive series on Pope Leo XIV, we follow his extraordinary journey—from his early years as pastor and formator in northern Peru to the chair of St. Peter. americamagazine.org/faith/2025/07/…

Over the last two months, the “Inside the Vatican” podcast team has been putting together a three-part deep dive series aimed at answering the question “Who is Leo XIV?” several insights surprised me that I hadn’t seen in much of the coverage of Leo XIV. americamagazine.org/faith/2025/07/…

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Part II of our Pope Leo Deep Dive is here! The future pope’s years in Peru shaped his ministry and vision—but few know the brutal reality he faced in the ’80s and ’90s. This was the most illuminating discovery for me during over a month of reporting. americamagazine.org/faith/2025/07/…

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Our first-ever Inside the Vatican Deep Dive series is here – weeks in the making from your @americamag audio team. Part I is out now. Part II drops tomorrow, and Part III on Thursday. Follow the show on your favorite podcast app. americamagazine.org/faith/2025/07/…

From my conversation with Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe, OP, on the first episode of "The Spiritual Life" podcast at @americamag. Listen to him (and our second guest, Whoopi Goldberg) on Spotify, Apple podcasts and YouTube. americamagazine.org/thespiritualli…

The Vatican News site published the warning after a 36-minute “deep fake” —A.I.-generated—video of Pope Leo was posted on YouTube. americamagazine.org/faith/2025/05/…

We remember Pope Francis with gratitude and prayer, one month after his passing.

ICYMI: Last night's @americamag debrief of the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV with @SSawyerSJ @ColleenDulle Sebastian Gomes and me, drew tons of viewers. Now you can hear (and see) our lively conversation. youtube.com/watch?v=HQjXu1…

Interview: the Jesuit building Brazil’s premier Laudato Si’ university americamagazine.org/politics-socie…

This was my immediate reaction when we saw the white smoke… and then, by the end of the show, we had a pope. A real before-and-after moment. ♫ 'I am delighted': Pope Leo XIV becomes the first American pope as conclave concludes ♫ @iHeartRadio iheart.com/podcast/962-va…

Robert Francis Prevost elected first American pope americamagazine.org/faith/2025/05/…

Some frame this conclave as a choice: progressive pope (again) vs. traditionalist. Is that the right binary? The real question may be whether the church again chooses a pope shaped by religious vows—Francis was the first in 167 years. My @americamag piece: americamagazine.org/faith/2025/05/…

An informed and insightful conversation with my colleagues, @gerryorome, @ColleenDulle and @SSawyerSJ.