Voices

Colleen Dulle is an associate editor at America and co-hosts the "Inside the Vatican" podcast.
FaithDispatches
Archbishop Stefan Hesse, Germany’s youngest bishop, said he was entering reform talks with an open mind.
FaithExplainer
It has been two years since the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report was published, documenting in disturbing detail at least 1,000 cases of abuse by 300 predator priests spanning seven decades.
FaithExplainer
What does the Vatican document on parish life mean for Catholics in the pews?
FaithMusic
In her new album, Lady Gaga transports us light years away, ultimately, to return us to ourselves.
Arts & CultureBooks
The church needs Madeleine Delbrêl’s words and example to transform our vision of one another, whether across ecclesial lines or simply across the subway aisle.
FaithVatican Dispatch
This is the second commission established by Pope Francis to study the question of a women’s diaconate.
FaithVatican Dispatch
“In these days, during which the whole world has been gravely stricken by the Covid-19 virus, many requests have come to be able to celebrate a specific Mass to implore God to bring an end to this pandemic.”
FaithFeatures
While this physical separation from our parish communities is only temporary, it has real spiritual implications.
Arts & CultureFilm
One hundred years after the birth of cinema, the Vatican released a commemorative list of 45 great films. Now, 25 years later, America Media is here to expand the Vatican’s list with the most groundbreaking, impressive and beautiful films released since 1995.
FaithShort Take
I can no longer in good conscience call Jean Vanier a saint, but I cannot accept the disturbing truth about him as proof, as some have understood it, that sanctity does not exist.