A Reflection for Friday of the Second Week of Advent, by Michael O'Brien

Verdicts are expected Saturday for a cardinal and nine other defendants in the most complicated financial trial in the Vatican’s modern history.

In order for the Biden administration to push for aid in Ukraine and Israel, the White House has signified that it is willing to make concessions to congressional Republicans regarding the U.S.-Mexico border.

Stephanie Saldaña joins the host of Jesuitical to discuss what Christmas looks like in Bethlehem as the Israel-Gaza war rages on.

“Faith actors at COP28 were there to be the moral voice of the climate talks, reminding negotiators that their words, the texts that they fight about, have real consequences in people’s lives.”

my shiver-feathered fly like prayer arcing sinking through the air

May the poem, grasped and penned, be the Grail sustaining hearts healed for a spell

In 'Seeing With the Heart,' Kevin O'Brien, S.J., provides a reflective pause to holistically look at our lives, with all of their twists and turns of grace and challenge, and consider how we are living in relationship to ourselves, others and the divine.

Bronwen McShea’s recent book La Duchesse chronicles the life of Marie de Vignerot, the niece, protégé and heiress of Cardinal Richelieu.

Mirela Altic's 'Encounters in the New World' tells the story of Jesuit cartography during the Age of Exploration—when Jesuit missionaries played a crucial role as conduits among cultures, becoming bridges that allowed knowledge to flow between Europeans and Indigenous Americans.

In his new book, 'Small Isn’t Beautiful: The Case Against Localism,' Trevor Latimer argues that localist policies often do not achieve what their proponents intend.

In 'Renewing Theology,' J. Matthew Ashley argues that when brought into dynamic relation with spirituality (and vice versa), the work of theology is deeply relevant to our lives and is vital at every level of following Christ. It becomes part and parcel of a “way of life”—the life of faith.

Television as a popular medium died 25 years ago. It’s time to mourn.

By letting others in, we enable them to do the work of God.

All you can do is what you can do and then the Holy Spirit has to take over.

Survivors deserve to experience the church in a way that restores, nourishes and heals.

New models of parenting can expand our imagination about this important work.

While economic dissatisfaction is widespread, it is much harder to say what policies will “fix” the economy—because other than anxiety about continuing inflation, there is little consensus about what precisely is broken. 

Three Jesuit university leaders reflect on Cardinal Blase J. Cupich's piece exploring how Jesuit universities can hold true to their mission.

At the beginning of a new year, and a new moment in America Media’s mission, it is good to be reminded that we have been entrusted with a hope bigger than our own plans.