"Only through patient and inclusive dialogue" can "a just and lasting conflict resolution can be achieved" in the ...

In 'Thoreau’s God,' Richard Higgins takes the reader on a fascinating journey through Thoreau’s extensive work, looking at ...

The ”Bad Guys” films ask, how do we determine who the “bad guys” are? And if you’re marked as “bad” from the start, can you ...

A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Find today’s readings here.

Surrendering debts and absolving burdens creates room for the hope Francis called “the central message of the coming Jubilee.

On July 31, Pope Leo XIV announced that St. John Henry Newman, English theologian, educator, and writer who converted to ...

In these dark times, surrounded by death and destruction in Gaza, we hear the command in the first reading, “Choose life.” ...

Fears of state espionage are surfacing again for Centro Prodh and other human rights groups in Mexico after legislators ...

This controversy moved the early church to make a dramatic change in Eucharistic practice by moving the celebration out of ...

That is his story, but we are still outside it. We cannot step inside St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430ad) and see him ...

Maribeth Boelts is the author of 40 books for children, including the award-winning book Those Shoes, with Candlewick Press. She and her husband, Rob, live in Iowa.

The editors of 'America' have been opining on what you should read for over a century. Some of their suggestions have aged ...