On this special summer episode of “Inside the Vatican,” America editors Ricardo da Silva, S.J. and Gerard O’Connell recap World Youth Day.

A Reflection for Friday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Samantha Richardson

Wildfires raged on the island of Maui, wiping out an entire town and driving people to seek refuge in the ocean.

Two new Broadway productions offer case studies in brand extension and fan service.

The Green Deal amends the European Union’s climate, energy, transport and taxation policies with the short term goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030.

A rule proposed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Aug. 7 governing the implementation of the law contains broad language including abortion among "related medical conditions."

Controversy and deep division continue in an Indian archdiocese over the direction the priest faces during the celebration of the liturgy.

Bishop Valério’s nomination came as a surprise to many since Pope Francis had named Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar, auxiliary bishop of Lisbon, a cardinal on July 9. It had been wrongly presumed then that the pope would appoint the cardinal-elect as the new patriarch after the World Youth Day celebrations.

A Reflection for the Feast of St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr, by Brigid McCabe

A Homily for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Terrance Klein

Was Teilhard de Chardin a promoter of eugenics? Two scholars debate the question.

We must become a church that accompanies its people and is attuned to their hopes, doubts and lived experiences.

In his weekly audience, Pope Francis shares his experiences at World Youth Day in Portugal and what they reveal about today’s young people.

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Laura Oldfather

Why don't we have fallout shelters anymore? It’s a long story, but an editor at America had something to do with it.

“I’m an African American woman in a space that is doing the kind of work that…Christ is calling us to do,” Cynthia Bailey Manns, who will participate in the Synod on Synodality as a voting member in October, said in an interview.

A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Dominic, by Rachel Lu

Signaling the Vatican’s growing engagement in efforts to ensure the ethical development of new technologies, the Vatican has announced that “Artificial Intelligence and Peace” will be the theme for the next World Day of Peace.