While most Americans remain religious, the fundamental belief that religion and politics should operate in separate spheres remains strong in the United States.

A Reflection for the Second Friday of Advent

Pope Francis will celebrate the Vatican’s traditional Christmas “Mass during the Night” at 7:30 p.m. so that the few people invited to attend can get home before Italy's 10 p.m. curfew.

While a visit from the pope will no doubt provide a spiritual and psychological boost to Nineveh Christians, under the current pandemic conditions it is a prospect that must give local public health officials pause.

Many members of the Catholic community who voted for Biden did so to promote racial, economic and environmental justice—not to undermine human life.

The American myth today faces existential challenges that no longer only come from the fringes.

Jesuits in Africa are calling on the Catholic Church to press for better repayment terms on debt across the region.

The massive “Guadalupana,” as the annual celebration of the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe is commonly known, would be a potential public health catastrophe.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Biden's choice to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has stirred the partisan fires Biden says he hopes to quell.

A Reflection for the Second Thursday of Advent

Civilian control of the military is a bedrock of American democracy, writes Marine veteran Peter Lucier. Because now is a time to build back norms and restore American democracy, I oppose the nomination of General Austin.

The line was not immeasurable because it stretched out for over three hours. It was immeasurable because it pointed to hope.

Scientific advances have allowed enormous breakthroughs in overcoming infertility—but not without some vexing ethical questions.

A reflection for the Third Sunday of Advent

In this special episode of “Inside the Vatican,” America editors Gerard O’Connell and Zac Davis join Colleen Dulle to explain what the Holy See and China each want from the deal.

Pope Francis' remarks from his general audience on Wednesday, Dec. 9.

Pope Francis continued his overhaul of the Vatican’s troubled finances by approving a new rule aimed at improving oversight and transparency for the Catholic Church’s anti-money laundering agency.

Covid-19 safety measures and social distancing have put further strain on many Catholic churches and parishes that have already seen their flocks dwindling.

A Reflection for the Second Wednesday of Advent

Any source of criticism, whether a journalist, another politician or a member of civil society, can count on a barrage of invective from the president, senior members of his cabinet and often from among the millions of López Obrador’s online followers.