A Reflection for Memorial of St. Anthony, Abbot, by Michael J. O’Loughlin

“Winning the battle against lust, against the ‘objectification’ of the other, can be a lifelong endeavor,” Pope Francis said today in his general audience.

Nicaragua’s government released a prominent Catholic bishop and 18 other clergy members imprisoned in a crackdown by President Daniel Ortega and handed them over to Vatican authorities.

Published on Religious Freedom Day, the first annual report from the bishops’ religious liberty committee states that attacks on houses of worship constitute “the largest threat to religious liberty in 2024.”

John W. Donohue, S.J., an associate editor of America from 1972 to 2007, was described by one Jesuit on staff as "a living rule. Were the Society of Jesus ever to lose its Constitutions, we would need only look to him to see how our life should be lived.”

How can the church unite clarity of teaching with pastoral closeness to people in their struggles?

“It’s difficult to imagine it,” the pope said when asked how he imagines hell. “What I would say is not a dogma of faith, but my personal thought: I like to think hell is empty; I hope it is.”

This week, the New England Patriots parted ways with their legendary head coach, Bill Belichick. Did he get too much credit for the team’s success?

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time, by Delaney Coyne

A Reflection for Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time, by Kevin Christopher Robles

A Reflection for Monday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time, by Sebastian Gomes

The way a presider celebrates Mass can illuminate the congregation's experience of liturgy.

The Supreme Court has limited the consideration of race in admissions, but Catholic schools may still pursue diversity by selecting students likely to advance social justice after they graduate.

In collaboration with select partners, “Jesuitical” hosts Ashley McKinless and Zac Davis are taking their popular podcast for young adult Catholics across the country!

Men's college basketball's finest squad did not come from one of the N.C.A.A. powerhouses of the past three decades, but from the University of San Francisco, where Bill Russell led the team to consecutive national championships in 1955 and 1956.

For playwrights, family dramas are never just about families.

In "Translations," Brian Friel's theatrical masterpiece grapples with how naming affects cultures, identities, relationships and more; something already familiar with the Catholic church.

“I believe that your trip will bring fruits of pacification and the fraternity of all Argentines, eager to overcome our divisions and conflicts,” the Argentinian president said in a letter sent to the pope.

Among the main concerns they mentioned were the role of the laity, especially of women; the contribution of the church on ecology in light of the encyclical “Laudato Si’”; and “spiritual conversation,” a method of discernment that was adopted to structure discussions during the first assembly that could become a major legacy of the synod.

How did this Wonka, unfazed and insisting that salvation is at hand, become the jaded, suspicious entity we know he will become?