Examining “Gaudete et Exsultate” from the viewpoint of St. Ignatius’ meditation on the two standards.

Bernini’s magnificent marble bust of St. Robert Bellarmine had made its way to Fairfield University.

Looking back 55 years after the beginning of Vatican II, what have we learned and what have we forgotten?

Our purpose in speaking liturgically is to celebrate faithfully the Gospel that is the church’s sole reason for being.

Pope Francis is more the mystagogue than the moralist.

Pope Francis’s apostolic exhortation, “Amoris Laetita," presents, at considerable length, his reflections and discernment based upon the two synods devoted to the Catholic understanding of marriage and family life.It is clear, even from a first reading, how closely the pope has ente

Pastoral emphasis is both its strength and its weakness.

America’s editorial on the recently concluded Synod of Bishops on the Family rightly speaks of “a remarkable two-week period” (“Go in Peace,” 11/10). Anyone who followed the synod knows that it was characterized by passionate debate and even, in some instances, disagree

Edward Short’s 'Newman and His Family'

The Dignity of the Vulnerable By Meghan J. Clarke‘The dignity of the human person and the common good rank higher than the comfort of those who refuse to renounce their privileges” (No. 218). In a simple sentence, Pope Francis summarizes the bedrock of Catholic social doctrine: human dignity