Like the first rain of spring

Our first four presidents—George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison—were influenced by the Enlightenment, but even more so by the classical Greeks and Romans.

What is it about Dante that has made him not just immortal, but urgent and modern?

How do we communicate what it was like to live that day to people who were not yet born?

I don’t understand why some of my students are allowed to suffer as he did. But the knowledge of Christ’s death stanches my anger long enough that I am able to entertain the idea that there is still a point to serving this God.

The school offers an accessible but thorough examination of the Christian contemplative tradition by combining online study with in-person symposiums.

Students of all backgrounds choose to attend this thriving Catholic high school imbued with the stability and spirit of the monks who founded it.

The results of our survey reveal that many divisions within the church run along political lines.

Christian love of neighbor, natural law and God’s eternal law all figure in the desire not to murder.

How should the church go about updating tradition and articulating a more realistic framework?

The August issue of America featured the results of a comprehensive survey of U.S. Catholics by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, commissioned by America Media. Please see this current issue for more results from the survey about politics, church finances and other issues.

As Nicaragua prepares for a general election in November, Mr. Ortega has ramped up a broad repression of dissenting voices. Could the Catholic Church be his next target?

There’s still a lot of confusion among Catholics about the sex abuse crisis. And with good reason.

Twenty years after U.S. military action in Afghanistan began, a look back at America's coverage of our nation's longest war.

“One of the problems of racism, as is the case with so many sins, is that the sinner doesn’t recognize their part in the sin.”

The Israelites are quite like us. They intend to offer a response that is steadfast but their own humanity, under the siege of sin, fails them.

I reported on recovery efforts after that 2010 Haitian earthquake. This is what I learned (and why you should care).

In his weekly audience, Pope Francis explained the Law's role in two stages of our lives: before we become believers in Jesus Christ and after receiving the faith.

While the Taliban have promised not to shed any blood, some locals fear that the Islamist regime will lead to persecutions and violence.

“Let us not forget that a faith that is not inculturated is not authentic,” Francis told the Latin American Confederation of Religious.