For Catholics, the basic unit of society is the family and our local church, not the individual.

Jonathan Franzen remains among the select few novelists who can vie for a Pulitzer Prize and the top spot on best-seller lists every time out of the gate. His new novel might win him both.

Why isn’t Morrison typically thought of alongside the usual lineup of Catholic novelists?

'The Five Wounds' causes the reader pain. Call it compassion. Call it empathy. Call it the Christian experience of being heart-stretched.

From a vision in a chapel to a man washing his enemy's feet, 'Crossroads' shows snapshots of religion in everyday life.

Twice a year we publish an extra issue of America dedicated to books and all things literary; one in planting season and one at harvest time.