Pope Leo XIV spent the last Sunday of his summer vacation with several dozen refugees, homeless and poor people and the ...

Pope Leo XIV turns 70 on Sept. 14 and some of his closest friends in the Chicago-area will mark the day with him in mind, quietly.

Ireland's long tradition of military neutrality is being tested by Russia and by the Trump administration's shaky support for NATO.

The nursery is coming together, it turns out. The rich entering the kingdom of God, a camel passing through the eye of a needle, and making room for a new family member; Jesus gives the same answer to ...

A reflection on the story of the raising of Lazarus, as it is recounted in John’s Gospel, can serve as a framework to understand where God might be leading us. It’s a tale about love, illness, death, ...

Pope Leo XIV spent the last Sunday of his summer vacation with several dozen refugees, homeless and poor people and the church volunteers who help them.

Efforts to serve, defend and build up the Catholic community in the Amazon region must be centered on the proclamation of the Gospel, Pope Leo XIV said.

The Israelites were faithful to God when they had a judge to assist them, but when he died, they would turn away again. We have Jesus as a judge who aids and saves us, so we have the ability to turn ...

Colleen Dulle is the Vatican Correspondent at America and co-hosts the "Inside the Vatican" podcast. She is the author of Struck Down, Not Destroyed: Keeping the Faith as a Vatican Reporter (Image ...

Nothing in revelation requires us to believe that salvation must be easy, likely or equally accessible to all, but it cannot ...

Hondurans believe the upcoming election offers an opportunity to restore public confidence in democracy and dodge the return of authoritarianism. “We are alive only through the grace of God. At ...

August 17, 2025, the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time: There remains a glimpse of hope, according to this Sunday’s psalm, for those who wait in the Lord. But the readings also provide a ...