Voices
Colleen Dulle is an associate editor at America and co-hosts the "Inside the Vatican" podcast.
FaithExplainer
Pope Francis' "staycations" may set a precedent for future popes.
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
The pope said business leaders should shift their focus to production, creating jobs and “investing in the common good, not hiding money in tax havens.”
Arts & CulturePodcasts
A Pope Francis-inspired summer reading list—if your idea of a beach read is an 700-page plague novel, a dystopian story about the Antichrist or a bizarre spy story beloved by media theorists and quantum physicists!
FaithInterviews
“Pope Francis is not only a Jesuit; he is a Christian. And discernment is part of Christianity. Discernment is an essential dimension of Christian life in all times.”
FaithFaith in Focus
Learning of the witness of Daniel Berrigan, S.J., sparked me to make many of the choices that led me to be a journalist and an activist.
FaithExplainer
What is the legacy of Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation “Amoris Laetitia,” released five years ago today?
FaithLent Reflections
The Crucifixion is not just an image of God’s love, but a mirror reflecting our sin back to us, saying, this is the evil you’re capable of.
FaithLent Reflections
Remember the jar of expensive, perfumed oil that Mary pours on Jesus’ feet. We know Mary, Martha and Lazarus weren’t rich, and this oil was expensive. They would have been saving it for a special occasion.
FaithExplainer
While much ink has been spilled by Vatican watchers interpreting how the pope’s writings and structural changes will shape the church for years to come, Pope Francis’ gestures may do even more to define his legacy.