We are all called to a close and yes mystical relationship with God and to lead lives of contemplation. And today's guest on Jesuitical, Kelly Deutsch, wants to help people do just that.

This selection from our conversations about the Trappist monk Thomas Merton is one of the fascinating threads in the book, which turned out to be about more than it seemed.

During the Reformation, Catholic vestments were targeted for destruction. At the end of the 16th century, only one of these Henry VII copes was left: the one on display today.

Reflection for the Memorial of St. Charles Borromeo, by J.D. Long-García

The first global report for the Synod on Synodality came out last week, and it’s the Vatican’s first official word on what they’ve been hearing in listening sessions since August 2021.

Commitments to protect tolerance and religious freedom need to be put into practice constantly so that these rights may be fully experienced, Pope Francis said.

The editors have put together this guide to some of the most important issues facing voters this fall, with a focus on how Catholics can make choices that respect life and consider the common good.

Life in a multicultural parish is like a marriage: It can only work if people are listening to each other.

Let’s have the arguments. Let’s go vote. And then let’s argue some more. Many of the issues at stake are indeed very important. But let’s do this fully grounded in our Catholic family.

Before I’m a baseball fan, I’m a Christian. And Jesus is pretty clear about forgiveness.

A Reflection for Thursday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time, by Christopher Parker

The pope will meet with the Grand Imam of Al Azhar, Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, at the interreligious meeting “Bahrain Forum for Dialogue: East and West for Human Coexistence."

The people we loved and who we became because we loved, these shall not pass.

On this Feast of All Souls, let us remember "our people," living for God and for each other. We can live for both, and die for both.

Live baseball is more sublime and spiritually satisfying than any other sporting event—even when your team loses.

Pace yourself. Don’t overdose on political news thinking that it will all be over soon.

The Gospel teaches people how to live while awaiting death and God’s judgment, loving because he is love, Pope Francis said during a Mass at St. Peter's on All Souls' Day.

A Reflection for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, by Cristobal Spielmann

Ahead of the Nov. 8 midterm elections, Arizona’s Catholic bishops alerted voters to “unapproved political efforts” they said are being carried out by a number of organizations and publications claiming to represent the Catholic Church.

All Saints Day is a day to venerate holy men and women—and also to recognize the saints in our midst, complicated though they might be.