Catholic preachers should learn from social work and give trauma-informed homilies.

It just got harder for foreign priests to stay in the U.S.

Serving on the altar has formed my experience as a woman in the church.

This week on Jesuitical, Zac and Ashley are joined by Chris Hadley, S.J., to talk about the oft-overshadowed third person of the Trinity: the Holy Spirit.

America is excited to announce that we are heavily investing in our coverage of the synod to keep you informed.

The synod on synodality has prompted a battle over grand visions for the church. Meanwhile, Catholic parishes are failing to meet the day-to-day spiritual needs of people in the pews.

Energetic, resolutely modern, as comfortable with technology as with theology, and deeply cosmopolitan, Patriarch Pizzaballa shares Pope Francis’ intention to restore Jerusalem to its former glory.

On this episode of “Inside the Vatican,” Gerard O’Connell and Colleen Dulle recap three major moments from the pope’s visit, before giving a preview of three important Vatican events coming up in the next week.

A Reflection for Thursday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time, by Samantha Richardson

A Reflection for the Memorial of Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest, by Cecilia González-Andrieu

A Homily for the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein

Maybe the crisis of disbelief in the Eucharist is not as dire as previously thought.

There are just under 20 million primary-grade girls out of school in sub-Saharan Africa. The Bakhita Partnership for Education is working to change that.

“The reality of sexual abuse in our church goes to the heart of the synod’s agenda,” a statement by the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors said.

In his weekly audience, Pope Francis recalled that “the Mediterranean is the cradle of civilization and a cradle is for life! It is not tolerable that it become a tomb, neither should it be a place of conflict.”

Cardinals have to pay around 2,000 euros for the basic outfit, which consists of a woolen cassock and a choir shirt in red.

My hopes are simple: I hope that the synod will be guided by the Holy Spirit and the participants will be able to listen to the voices of Catholics from around the world.

Dialogue becomes that much more difficult when you feel that God is on your side.

A spate of football injuries—and news that the longterm effects of the game can be catastrophic for the human brain—raise the question: What is the future of football?