Especially in places like the United States, where structures like pastoral councils are already relatively common, it is important to hear the synod’s call to ensure that consultation and dialogue are effective and not merely nominal.

The Editors: “Rather than a claim to know conscience’s demands for everyone, it is a challenge for voters to engage in deeper reflection, prayer and dialogue.”

As we approach the anniversary of the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in Israel, ‘America’ takes a look back at our coverage of the conflict as it unfolded.

Facts are the great enemy of the demagogue, as Senator McCarthy learned so many years ago.

The United States is overdue for a serious conversation not just about possible changes to the Supreme Court, but also about the functioning of our entire system of government.

We need more than cooler rhetoric. We need a politics for the common good.