We should not be surprised when any notion of the church as a perfect society is not embraced by people who have real wounds and struggles.

Politicians may fear losing elections, but too many citizens seem to fear migrants and asylum seekers themselves.

When it was founded in 1909, America sought to be journal of general interest to all Americans despite its specific Jesuit charism. The goal remain the same today.

The recent expansion of Arizona’s school voucher program will make it easier for Catholic schools there to fulfill their mission.

This story has no moral, only a great joy for Mrs. Toole, and a great sadness.

The danger we face as a church is not so much hostility toward the church and its sacraments, but apathy.

What is most needed in the public debate on abortion is an honest moral reckoning with the two goods that are in tension when a woman faces a pregnancy she feels she cannot continue.

President Biden has an opportunity in this crisis. The American people want to help Ukrainians threatened by Vladimir Putin’s vicious war.

The promise of eternal life must lead to greater forgiveness and reconciliation, not passivity in the face of injustice. Such reconciliation can come about only when judgment is left in the hands of God.

As the world begins to emerge from the most recent surge of the Covid-19 pandemic, how do we return to normal? And what should normal mean?