If you feel a longing for God, take heart. You are alert and ready to receive the bridegroom. If you were not, his absence would not burn.

Abortion activists have been preparing for years for a battle like the one in Kansas. But pro-lifers may have been caught flat-footed, perhaps never really believing that Roe would fall.

Like gun violence, car-related violence is also a uniquely American problem.

Based on my personal experience, I have spent years trying to help women find healing, acceptance, reconciliation and hope after making one of the most excruciating and difficult decisions of their lives.

A Reading for Thursday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Kerry Weber

Where have you gone, Vin Scully? A nation turns its lonely ear to you.

Gerry Desnomie, 74, suffered verbal, emotional and sexual abuse in a church-run residential school. He welcomed the pope’s apology in Canada—but says three points were missing.

“It was therefore a penitential pilgrimage,” Pope Francis said at today’s general audience. “There were many joyful moments, but the overall meaning and tone was reflection, repentance and reconciliation.”

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by James Martin, S.J.

The Rev. Andrew Greeley had an enormous impact on the American Catholic Church—including through his many contributions to this magazine.

“We are at a different place than we were a week ago in the church’s walk with Indigenous Peoples, a better place.”

Clarence Thomas wants the Supreme Court to revisit same-sex marriage. But the majority opinion in Dobbs, and the comments of the other justices, suggest that he is alone.

Pope Francis will travel next month to Kazakhstan, where he could meet with Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, who has supported Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Stephen McNulty

A popular meme portrays Jesus as always judgmental, always making a sales pitch. But as a human being, he enjoyed friendship for its own sake.

A Reflection for the Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, by Ashley McKinless

An exclusive interview with Mandy Gull-Masty, the grand chief of the Cree Nation and the first woman to hold that post, about Pope Francis' visit to Canada and the future of the reconciliation process.

It is time for pro-lifers to abandon the nose-holding, smash the MAGA idol and find a different way.

The Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis will visit Kazakhstan in September and attend an interreligious meeting in the capital city, Nur-Sultan.