VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A Christian faith that does not disturb the powers that be and cannot generate a serious commitment to ...

Pope Francis said the international community should investigate whether Israel’s military actions in Gaza constitute ...

Flying bishops, eminent birthdays and getting lost in translation: Funny stuff that Father James Martin heard inside the synod hall.

Doris Grumbach (1918-2022) was an American novelist, biographer, literary critic and essayist. She wrote for America many times between 1951 and 1973.

I am rather fond of my native land and her robust and quirky republican traditions, but Jesus did not preach democracy nor ...

Our readers weigh in on the value and spiritual benefits of vegetarianism, inspired by the experience of Fr. Francis X.

Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” scandalized Italian audiences. But it was a group of Jesuit priests who were determined to ...

The cause for the canonization of Pedro Arrupe, S.J., 28th superior general of the Society of Jesus, took an important step ...

What I saw at the U.S.-Mexico border reminded me of the solidarity with migrants so often lacking in our country today.

The church secretary (who is also the director of religious education) asked a woman who volunteers in the parish office to assist. She in turn asked her friends to bring the refreshments. Dottie ...

The freed hostages also said they hoped the incoming Trump administration would work with the outgoing Biden administration ...

We have recently seen entire communities wiped off the map by wildfires fueled by ever-hotter weather. This has grave ...