On this episode of Preach, Kayla August, our first woman preacher on the show, shares with host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., her passion for preaching and the unique gifts and insights of lay preachers in the church.

Pope Francis greeted the pilgrims gathered in Lisbon for the opening of MAGIS 2023, imploring them to “truly believe and become what they are: ‘A future full of hope.’”

A Reflection for the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene, by Colleen Dulle

“Oppenheimer” is both a startling re-examination of American history and a bleak warning about the nuclear age.

The Jesuits will begin their pre-World Youth Day program this Saturday with the start of MAGIS 2023, which will bring about 2,000 young people from 82 countries connected with the Society of Jesus to Lisbon.

There is much to hope for in the U.S. bishops’ project of local and national revitalization. But there cannot be a full-fledged eucharistic revival without a precious blood revival.

In this film, Peter Parker isn’t just down on his luck; he’s a cosmic punching bag.

“The Bear” appears as a series about cooking and restaurant ownership, but really it is a show about grief, growth and community. The power of its Catholic allusions lies within both their cultural depth and their symbolic weight.

A Reflection for Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Cecilia González-Andrieu

In an email exchange between a Texas state trooper and his supervisor, the trooper reported receiving orders in encounters with migrating people that he called “inhumane.”

It would have been nice if someone had told me how to go about learning to love God. Because I have discovered that, for most people, it is something that they have to learn.

Natural family planning rebuts the basic assumptions of the sexual revolution and the idea that sex is primarily a recreational activity, “safe” between any two people with the proper pills.

With tourism reaching or surpassing pre-pandemic levels across southern Europe this summer, iconic sacred sites struggle to find ways to accommodate both the faithful who come to pray and millions of increasingly secular visitors.

A Reflection for Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Traug Keller

A Homily for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein

I may not have wanted to talk to my family or friends about Judy Blume’s book, ‘Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.’ But I did talk to God.

Many Catholic colleges are facing an existential crisis. The prudent strategy is to identify what makes them distinctive and seek a niche where they can flourish.

The top priority for Pope Francis' peace envoy in his meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden was the repatriation of children forcibly deported from Ukraine to Russia, the papal nuncio to the United States said.

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by James T. Keane