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.

There is something to learn from the fact that discussion at the synod on the most difficult topics was neither rushed to a conclusion nor closed absolutely.

There is a deeper problem than the chaos in the U.S. House: the question of what a government is for, and how it is to function beyond matters that a bare majority can vote through.

Sam Sawyer, S.J., returns from his tertianship in South Africa to his role as editor in chief.

87 is the new 60 at the Vatican.

As local newspapers close and newsrooms shrink around the United States, strong local Catholic journalism is increasingly crucial, and Catholic journalism faces additional challenges.