Inside the Vatican’s Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell unpack the Vatican’s response to the re-election of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States.

I am rather fond of my native land and her robust and quirky republican traditions, but Jesus did not preach democracy nor endorse any particular political philosophy.

What are our young people learning? What will we do as people of faith to actively mitigate suffering? And, finally, what about the future?

We have recently seen entire communities wiped off the map by wildfires fueled by ever-hotter weather. This has grave implications for tradition, family and other goods that social conservatives value.

Pilgrims coming to Rome will now have the opportunity to experience St. Peter’s Basilica like never before.

A Homily for the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein

“These are clear signs that the president-elect intends to carry out some of the worst campaign promises, including mass deportation,” Dylan Corbett, the executive director of Hope Border Institute, told America.

At the annual U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, leaders announced their support and promise to defend immigrants and the poor––vowing to speak out in the event of mass deportations.

A Reflection for Friday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time, by Zac Davis

A Reflection for Saturday of the Thirty-second week in Ordinary Time, by Kerry Weber

Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of San Diego proposed the task force, which was supported from the floor by Cardinals Blase J. Cupich of Chicago and Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, N.J.

Pope Francis has condemned surrogacy as a form of “false compassion.” Now, in Italy, engaging in surrogacy in another country, even where it may be legal, will be a criminal offense for Italian citizens.

In an exclusive interview with Gerard O’Connell, Cardinal Cupich says young Catholics will look back at the synod as “one of the most historic moments in their lives, for it has redirected the focus of where the church is going.”

‘Lolita’ may have been canceled, but Vladimir Nabokov remains the godfather of modern prose.

Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election will hang over the annual fall meeting of the U.S. Catholic bishops.

The fundamental insight of the synod was not only that attentive listening was helpful in decision making, but also that the Holy Spirit was at work in everyone.

Especially in places like the United States, where structures like pastoral councils are already relatively common, it is important to hear the synod’s call to ensure that consultation and dialogue are effective and not merely nominal.

The Vatican has announced the appointment of Capuchin Father Roberto Pasolini as the new papal preacher, succeeding Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa who served since 1980.

It is often the task of responsible citizens and faithful Christians to work patiently from wherever we are to plant new seeds, soften ugly impulses and blow on whatever promising sparks we may see