A Reflection for the Memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin, by Sebastian Gomes

Senator Joe Manchin, who announced last week he would not run for re-election, blocked efforts to fight climate change and child poverty. That doesn’t make him a ‘centrist.’

As voters in the United States approach another presidential election, how can this synodal experience inform the ways that U.S. Catholics engage in political conversation?

Pope Francis calls for an end to the Israel-Hamas war. Israel has continued a constant bombing of Gaza since the conflict started on Oct. 7 in retaliation for the attack by Hamas in southern Israel.

An investigation into Strickland was launched only six weeks after the bishop tweeted that he rejects what he called Pope Francis’ “program of undermining the deposit of faith.”

In a brief interview with America, Bishop Daly shares his personal perspectives and spiritual insights with our readers.

In a brief interview with America, Archbishop Rozanski shares his personal perspectives and spiritual insights with our readers.

In a brief interview with America, Archbishop Lucas shares his personal perspectives and spiritual insights with our readers.

In a brief interview with America, Bishop Cozzens shares his personal perspectives and spiritual insights with our readers.

In a brief interview with America, Bishop Robert Barron shares his personal perspectives and spiritual insights with our readers.

In a brief interview with America, Bishop Burbidge shares his personal perspectives and spiritual insights with our readers.

All too often we remain in the theoretical, in “one should” and “one ought to”; we hardly ever speak personally about our missionary experiences. But this is what our believers are waiting for!

A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Martin of Tours, Bishop, by Kevin Christopher Robles

A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church, by Ryan Di Corpo

American pop star Sabrina Carpenter filmed her most recent music video in a Catholic church, but Catholic iconography has long been the basis for pop songs with sexual themes and erotic imagery.

The bishops’ vote for the head of the education committee could be crucial, as Catholic schools around the nation struggle with changing societal norms around sex and gender.

Behind the scenes of college basketball are the chaplains who offer spiritual support, prayer and wisdom, including the chaplains at nationally-ranked Marquette and Gonzaga.

At a Halloween festival with some 30,000 partygoers, Father Peixoto re-mixed electronic dance beats with words from Pope Francis’ encyclical about protecting the environment. “The people are dancing with sentences from ‘Laudato Si’.’”

God can be a real pain. I think Homer Smith, the protagonist of “Lilies of the Field” would agree.

The ongoing sexual abuse scandal involving the Rev. Marko Rupnik is another reminder of what the church needs to do to deal with this continuing plague.