My experience of the synod was far more than the thrill of sitting with church leaders from around the world. It was also a spiritual journey.

Cardinal Stephen Chow said officials in China “appreciate that Pope Francis appreciates them” in this exclusive interview with America’s Vatican correspondent.

A Reflection for Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time, by Simcha Fisher

Many of us go back and forth between ignoring politics and getting angry about it. You will feel better, and be a better citizen, if you are more disciplined about your attention.

The rule of international law, and even more, a basic commitment to human dignity, both demand something more than the meeting of terror with terror.

What do you do when literally the entire world loves you, but not you?

'Big Fiction' is a book full of cogent analysis, ambitious argument, juicy quotes from insiders and a demonstration of the central role of Catholics in American publishing.

In these (very) short essays, readers describe the ways in which they encountered God. The Lord can be present even in people or situations we least expect.

The British Jesuit Philip Endean showed how Karl Rahner’s theology had deep roots in his experience of the Spiritual Exercises.

Usually private about his personal life, Stevens dedicated the album to his “beloved partner,” who passed away in April.

On the heels of the release of “Laudate Deum,” Pope Francis will travel to Dubai later this month to participate in the U.N. Climate Change conference, commonly known as COP28.

In “Coco,” memory doesn’t just summon up phantoms from the past, it reunites us with those we’ve lost.

The child poverty rate was cut almost in half after an expansion of the child tax credit. So why did Congress, including many in the pro-life movement, let the expansion lapse?

“We cannot say there are bishops who are on the left and ones that are on the right. This is a false analysis,” said Cardinal Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States.

A Reflection for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls), by Valerie Schultz

A Homily for All Souls’ Day, by Father Terrance Klein

Catherine Clifford, an ecclesiologist and North American voting member in the Synod on Synodality, joins Colleen Dulle, the host of “Inside the Vatican,” in Rome to discuss the synod's implications for church structures and hierarchy.

With her release of the album “1989 (Taylor’s Version)”, Taylor Swift revisits the recording that transformed her from a star into a supernova, reflecting with joyful grace on the woman she was still becoming.

Pope Francis updated the statutes for the Pontifical Academy of Theology, which hadn't been revised in nearly 25 years, urging theologians to consider the challenges of ordinary people.