Walter Reed National Military Medical Center abruptly ended a long-standing contract with a community of Franciscan priests before Holy Week began, a move Archbishop Timothy Broglio called "incomprehensible."

He asked Christ to help the international community “to make haste to surmount our conflicts and divisions, to open our hearts to those in greatest need” and “to pursue paths of peace and fraternity.”

On March 27, 40 men died in a fire in a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juárez. The appalling loss of life has many more authors than the people likely to be punished for it.

The Notre Dame Folk Choir was like a family I did not want to leave behind.

More than the costumes and settings, it is that humanity at the heart of Molly Shannon’s comedy which makes it Catholic to the core.

Many young Catholics I know were compelled to be confirmed by family members who felt the sacrament was important. My situation was the opposite—I was confirmed of my own volition.

Finding our place in the cosmos—whether that be via moon landings or our human origins in stardust—has been the subject of more than a few America articles.

For the early church, the reality of the Resurrection was central, not only in the structure of the liturgical celebration, but also in the pattern of the liturgical year. Easter was the greatest feast of the whole year.

Reflection for Monday of Holy Week, by J.D. Long-García

We should focus on what today’s reading outlines as a uniter, that being a sanctuary under God.