When we have asked the Father for the bread that will keep us alive for one more day, he tells us to pray as follows: Cancel my debts, forgive my failure to do what I promised, my inability to do what I ought to do, just as I have canceled the debts of those who owed me money and could not pay.

Fordham University recently released the 2023 edition of its Pope Francis Global Poverty Index, a summary and analysis of global conditions based on Francis' criteria for material and spiritual well-being.

On Nov. 23, the Fordham Prep Rams and the Xavier Knights will meet on Thanksgiving Day for the 100th time, a landmark matchup for the fourth-oldest high school football rivalry in American history.

In a wide-ranging interview, Coadjutor Archbishop Christopher J. Coyne of Hartford spoke about working as a bartender, women’s ordination to the diaconate and relocating the Vatican.

Whether you know it as Kairos, Spark, Magis or Encounter, we bet there was a song playing in the background that involved a banjo, a scraggly-bearded lead vocalist and lyrics about finding yourself through struggle.

Death and remembrance show us a profound interconnectedness between individuals, bridging diverse lives through shared memories.

A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Cecilia, virgin and martyr, by Molly Cahill

In a video message, Michael Voris declined to get into specifics, but said there were “horrible, ugly things” he needed to “go away and address.”

Returning for its third season comes “Hark!”—a podcast from America Media about the stories behind our favorite Christmas carols.

This is an image of Jesus, who is God, and he surely loves Taylor Swift the human woman. But he’s not a Swiftie; he’s the Lord.

Thanksgiving may not be a religious holiday, strictly speaking, but in the pages of 'America' it has always been recognized as a holy day.

In a recent letter, Pope Francis told German Catholics that their synodal proposals risk moving away from the Catholic Church.

Our common belief in human rights must be undergirded by a recognition that rights come with duties—including the duty to protect those whose rights are unequally threatened.

Marking the 800th anniversary of St. Francis of Assisi putting together the first Christmas crèche in a cave in Greccio, Italy, the Vatican publishing house compiled texts by Pope Francis about Nativity scenes.

A Reflection for the Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by Ashley McKinless

Data showing the theological divide between younger and older priests—as well as between younger priests and the laity—could serve as a mandate to heal the scandal of division within our own church.

The conversations of the synod are for the sake of building up an ethos, the conversatio of communion and confidence in the accessibility of Christ as He manifests himself in the church.

A Reflection for Monday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time, by Tim Reidy

Priests working with the poor in Argentina have spoken out against Javier Milei and celebrated a September Mass of reparation after his comments denigrating the pope.

Pope Francis’ welcoming of transgender Catholics has transformed a community of trans women who have found hope through friendship with Francis.