Michael Mewshaw’s 'My Man in Antibes' is an entertaining, moving memoir, spiced with intriguing literary anecdotes about his sometimes fraught friendship with Graham Greene.

Megan Nix’s 'Remedies for Sorrow' is ostensibly a memoir, but confining Remedies for Sorrow to one genre seems too restrictive for what this expansive and enlightening book accomplishes.

Michael O’Connell’s 'Startling Figures' asks what American Catholic writers have in common—and the answers are not always obvious.

Some of the most buzzed-about shows of the past five years invite us to wallow in the foibles and frustrations of high-net-worth characters.

A conversation between theologian Christopher Pramuk and iconographer Father William Hart McNichols.

The numbers tell a bleak story for the Catholic Church in Ireland

Housing is an extension of people and of the family, and we can’t ignore the need for more housing simply because we don't want our neighborhoods to change.

Many readers agreed with the editors that “Fiducia Supplicans” allows the church to accompany all people who seek God's blessing, but others were skeptical about the declaration’s efficacy and impact on church unity.

There is a profound grace in submitting ourselves to a rhythm of time that we do not control.

“Tell me, how does climate change drive someone to hack a person to death with a machete?”

He said he told the pope, “I could spend all day here talking to you,” and Francis replied, “So could I!”

A Holy Week poster depicting a young, fresh-faced Jesus in a loincloth, has sparked controversy in Seville, Spain, with many conservatives and Christians calling the work “homoerotic” and “inappropriate.”

“We humbly seek the Lord’s grace for the healing of all those who were impacted by this tragic event,” said Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City following a shooting at the Chiefs' Super Bowl victory parade.

It is not democratic, with a small “d,” for major media outlets to simply ignore concerns shared by a wide majority of the electorate.

Gerry and Ricardo analyze the pope’s meeting with his council of cardinal advisors, to which a female Anglican bishop was invited to speak about women’s ordination.

With 'The Word' app, America readers can enrich their spiritual lives with a deeper engagement with Scripture through daily reflections from America staff and select guest voices.

A Homily for the First Sunday of Lent, by Terrance Klein

A book on sexuality by the Vatican’s doctrinal chief may have raised eyebrows, but Pope Francis has long been calling for the church to offer more robust teaching on sex.

In continuing his catechesis on vices and virtues, Pope Francis warns against the effects of acedia, or sloth, which is a “lack of care” for one’s own life.

There’s something distinctive about the physical and spiritual intimacy of distributing ashes.