Frank Turnbull, S.J., a longtime editor at 'America' who died earlier this week, is remembered as a humble, quiet and yet forceful presence to those who knew him during his 85 years of life.

A Reflection for Saturday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Zac Davis

Trauma-informed spirituality knows better than to promise that prayer will take away all the pain. But it can offer the hope that, even in the midst of pain, there can be moments of feeling whole.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu telephoned Pope Leo XIV, who urged Israel’s leader to revive negotiations and enact a ceasefire.

Msgr. Carlo Alberto Capella, a former Vatican diplomat who was convicted of distributing and possessing child pornography, was reinstated at the Vatican, a Spanish report says.

A Reflection for Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Molly Cahill

After an early morning attack on the Holy Family Church in Gaza, Pope Leo XIV called for an immediate ceasefire, dialogue and peace in the region.

Something essential is lost when generations remain siloed at church.

You’ve got a 401K. But do you have a spiritual retirement plan?

A brief opening to shore up progress toward stability in Syria unfortunately coincides with Trump administration decisions to sharply curtail humanitarian and development assistance and to terminate the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Well before “public theology” became a watchword, he had set about rethinking the language of faith in the contemporary world—all with typical understatement and modesty.

In a July 17 telegram, Pope Leo XIV said he was “deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life and injury caused by the military attack on the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza.”

Despair is easy for anyone who takes seriously the call to love your neighbor as yourself. But hope can come in two ways.

A Homily for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein

The majority of survey respondents cited their Marian devotions as having played an important role in the discernment and living of their call to religious life.

I have questioned the ethical implications of belonging to an institution with so many members sympathetic to MAGA politics. But I can still rediscover the hope of the Eucharist in my parish.

Amidst the excavation of a former Irish mother-and-baby home, Catholic experts are urging journalists to carefully fact-check their reporting after many prior accounts of the issue have featured erroneous details.

A Reflection for Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Maurice Timothy Reidy

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Colleen Dulle