Human beings matter to our common life regardless of whether they are seen as independent and productive members of society.

There is a long way to go before women’s voices are satisfactorily integrated into the central leadership of the church.

In the July 23, 1966, issue of America, the cover story featured an essay from a prominent female Catholic philosopher, Mary-Angela Harper, on the nature of womanhood and the question of women’s ordination. Below is a curated selection of some of the letters Ms. Harper’s view evoked

Maria Cristina Cella Mocellin continued with the pregnancy and opted for treatment that would not jeopardize the life of her child, Riccardo, who was born in 1994.

Besides taking up the challenge of exploring new frontiers of evangelization in Africa, Asia and Latin America, Brazilian women religious have also become evangelizers of the “old continent,” Europe, where female vocations have radically declined in recent decades.

Increasing the visibility of women and tapping the wisdom they offer will surely encourage laypeople around the world. Religious sisters and nuns were ranked more trustworthy than bishops, priests and the Vatican in a recent survey of U.S. Catholics sponsored by America.

An upcoming CARA survey reveals that Spanish-language Catholic groups are perceived as warmer and more familial. Meanwhile, English-language faith groups can be too goal-oriented and individualistic.

We should always heed the words of the Lord and “be not afraid” to talk about challenging questions and how they affect our faith lives.

The best argument against just war theory’s continuing place in Catholic teaching may not be that it is necessarily wrong in theory, but that it misunderstands the realities of war and peace today.

It is important to recognize and celebrate the history of Latinos in the U.S., especially in the church, where the majority of Catholics under 30 have Latin American roots.

Or at least trying to.

America’s top military chief was scorched by right-wing media outlets after book excerpts depicted a series of pre-emptive moves, not to protect the nation from a new terrorist threat but to save it from its outgoing president.

I know what you are thinking—a decadent spectacle of wealth, really, that’s what the church needs right now? But hear me out.

Rocco Buttliere cobbled together 67,000 tiny, plastic Lego pieces to create an improbably realistic 3D replica of Vatican City State.

The hosts of “Jesuitical,” Ashley McKinless and Zac Davis, discuss Pope Francis’ advice to bishops deciding whether or not to deny Communion to politicians who support abortion.

He said he also told the unvaccinated priests that “they couldn't go into the homes of the sick or the homebound or be in close proximity” to worshippers.

To see our faith as a calling is to recognize that, whoever we are, we have only just begun to live out our discipleship.

“Even in the College of Cardinals, there are some negationists,” Francis said Wednesday, en route home from Slovakia.

Why, and how, do high-profile figures in the Church of England make the swim across the Tiber?

It was a significant revelation from Pope Francis, coming at a time when a group of bishops in the United States are pushing to deny Communion to pro-choice politicians, including President Joe Biden.