“Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?” Jesus asks with a touch of human annoyance. It’s like he’s thinking: Don’t ...

Pope Leo XIV urged new archbishops to help him foster unity in a church rich in diversity. Eight of those new archbishops are ...

One of the things I find most appealing about the award-winning writer and poet Mary Karr is her forthright, almost brutal, honesty.” ...

This week on “,” Zac and Ashley chat with Christopher White about his new book, ‘Pope Leo XVI: Inside the Conclave and the ...

The first step in God’s mercy in the case of Sodom was Abraham’s intercession. The prayer of one man was enough for God to be ...

Kerry Weber is an executive editor for America. On May 20, 2025, the Catholic Media Association announced that she was ...

The example of Blessed Floribert Bwana Chui shows us how to live for Christ: by dedicating ourselves to prayer, the poor and ...

I was a lifelong Catholic who had once seriously considered becoming a nun, and who now reported on the Vatican for a Jesuit ...

David Foster Wallace delivered one of the most widely shared and admired graduation speeches of all time. It still rewards ...

Many aspects of Pope Francis’ remarkable program of ecclesial renewal weare prefigured in Hans Urs von Balthasar’s vision for ...

"The whole church needs fraternity, which must be present in all of our relationships, whether between lay people and priests, priests and bishops, bishops and the pope," he said during his homily at ...

The Demise of Traditional Faith in America,' Christian Smith argues that traditional institutional religion has lost its ...