“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 ...

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

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

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

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

"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 ...

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

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

History's first American pope reaffirmed Wednesday that the primary role of bishops is to forge unity in his diocese among ...

In Pope Leo's early days, he has woven together an emphasis on synodality and social teaching with faithfulness to doctrine ...