What would Tocqueville say about today’s weakened, politicized Christianity?
If Tocqueville was right, religious disaffiliation threatens to undermine the principles of the Constitution.
A Yoke Made Easy
July 5, 2026, Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: This Sunday’s readings from Zechariah and Psalm 145 together offer a portrait of a gentle king rather than a warrior ruler.
Pope Leo, come to Silicon Valley
Twice in the last 135 years, the actions of a pope sparked massive global changes that met the cultural moment. The AI race is another such moment to meet.
Pope Leo overhauls Vatican finance watchdog, revises Rome vicariate reforms in busy day of decrees
Pope Leo XIV spent what is traditionally his weekly day off on Tuesday issuing a flurry of legislation and appointments June 30.
SSPX ordains four new bishops in defiance of Pope Leo and the Vatican
The SSPX ordained four new bishops without a papal mandate in Switzerland, triggering automatic excommunication for all six bishops involved.
‘America’ magazine’s most compelling Fourth of July musings over the years
As we all prepare for the 4th of July, going through some of America’s past commentaries provides some curious glimpses of the preoccupations and hopes of other generations.
The result of dismantling asylum and TPS will be measured in lives
Asylum and T.P.S. are both legal instruments intended to keep people from being sent into harm’s way. Dismantling them does more than intensify enforcement.
Supreme Court says Title IX permits Idaho, West Virginia transgender sports bans
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 30 upheld West Virginia and Idaho state laws requiring student athletes to compete on sports teams that correspond to their biological sex rather than their self-identified gender.
ICE detains Texas-based religious sister on her way to Mass, releases her several hours later
Sister Leticia, wearing her religious habit, had just emerged from her residence near the church when she was arrested by immigration enforcement agents.
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