From the very beginning, the church reaches decisions that are complicated, human, messy, often ad hoc—this is what the Holy Spirit protecting and guiding the church looks like.

America’s multi-platform media ministry ensures that the widest group possible can benefit from journalism that tells the stories of faith in action.

You need not worry that I will be outsourcing “Of Many Things” columns to our robot overlords in the future.

A Reflection for Good Friday, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.

A Reflection for Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.

What is the way out of polarization? And why does that question—along with the now-commonplace observation that society suffers from deepening divisions about everything from gun control to abortion to public funding for religious schools—seem so exhausting?

A Reflection for Ash Wednesday, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.

Mustard Seed Communities began as a response to the needs of abandoned and disabled children in Jamaica, and God is present even in the midst of the suffering faced by people there.

A Reflection for the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.

What unites Benedict and Francis is their common fidelity to God calling us to conversion.