Christ brought about a separation, rather than integration, of the spiritual and political.

For our latest "Inside the Vatican" deep dive, we interviewed top officials in the Vatican’s synod office and ordinary Catholics holding listening sessions around the world—including someone who is more critical of the synod.

In the fall of 2021, America Media’s video team hatched an idea: What would it look like if we traveled to four parishes across the United States during the course of one year and assessed their similarities and differences? Here is a snapshot of what we found.

To act like there are no open questions about the council’s relationship to the state of the church is an act of denialism and pearl-clutching.

Four years later, Father Nixon and the St. Dominic’s community are still picking up the pieces after Hurricane Michael.

When the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meets this November to elect a new president, it will be the first time in several decades that the race is wide open.