My plan was not to read three books in a row about death. But I just did.

Few writers have ever captured in fiction the American religious sense that underlies so much of our history more than Willa Cather.

Gloria Purvis and Sam Sawyer, S.J., discuss the Catholic imperative to form and obey one’s conscience, especially around two key voting issues: abortion and racism.

On this week’s episode of “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen Dulle and Ricardo da Silva, S.J., interview Dr. Catherine Clifford, a professor of systematic and historical theology at St. Paul’s University in Ottawa, Canada, who served as an elected member of the 2024 Synod on Synodality’s drafting commission for the final document.

For Catholics who want to see immediate changes in the church, the synod was an opportunity for conversion.

The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors issued findings and recommendations in its pilot annual report, specifically calling for greater transparency from the Vatican’s sex abuse office, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.

A Reflection for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, by Connor Hartigan

Some Catholic voters are struggling with their decision and may not make up their minds until it’s time to pull the lever—and that group could very well decide the election.

The Archbishop of San Juan has demanded former President Donald Trump personally apologize for racist remarks directed at Puerto Rico and others at his Oct. 27 rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

A Reflection for the Solemnity of All Saints, by Michael Simone, S.J.

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time, by Grace Lenahan

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time, by Molly Cahill

“If scripture is the living word of God, then it has something to say about anything,” Father John Kartje reflects on this episode of “Preach” just ahead of the United States presidential election. His advice to his congregation: live out your Christian faith every day, regardless of the election outcome.

The Vatican of ’Conclave’ is worldly with men’s ambitions and weighty with papal history

There’s an old joke that a camel is what you get when a horse has been designed by a committee. The synod’s final document bears the camel-like appearance of committee drafting. Maybe that‘s a good thing.

“The second and final session of the Synod on Synodality has just concluded,” Father James Martin writes. “And what I noticed most this year is how much the attitude toward L.G.B.T.Q. issues has changed—and for the good.”

A Reflection for the Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles, by Leilani Fuentes

At the end of the second session of the Synod on Synodality, Jesuitical spoke with Cardinal Joseph Tobin about the synod’s final document, which kept open the question of women’s access to the diaconate.

Pope Francis delivered a homily during the closing Mass for the Synod of Bishops in St. Peter's Basilica Oct. 27.