Vatican declares excommunicated SSPX bishops, warns priests and lay faithful of schism
Today, the Vatican has taken a stricter, more inflexible position than those taken under Popes Benedict XVI and Francis.
Making forgiveness look easy
A Reflection for Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Molly Cahill
What would Tocqueville say about today’s weakened, politicized Christianity?
If Tocqueville was right, religious disaffiliation threatens to undermine the principles of the Constitution.
A Yoke Made Easy
July 5, 2026, Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: This Sunday’s readings from Zechariah and Psalm 145 together offer a portrait of a gentle king rather than a warrior ruler.
Pope Leo, come to Silicon Valley
Twice in the last 135 years, the actions of a pope sparked massive global changes that met the cultural moment. The AI race is another such moment to meet.
Pope Leo overhauls Vatican finance watchdog, revises Rome vicariate reforms in busy day of decrees
Pope Leo XIV spent what is traditionally his weekly day off on Tuesday issuing a flurry of legislation and appointments June 30.
SSPX ordains four new bishops in defiance of Pope Leo and the Vatican
The SSPX ordained four new bishops without a papal mandate in Switzerland, triggering automatic excommunication for all six bishops involved.
‘America’ magazine’s most compelling Fourth of July musings over the years
As we all prepare for the 4th of July, going through some of America’s past commentaries provides some curious glimpses of the preoccupations and hopes of other generations.
The result of dismantling asylum and TPS will be measured in lives
Asylum and T.P.S. are both legal instruments intended to keep people from being sent into harm’s way. Dismantling them does more than intensify enforcement.
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