It is truly humbling to see the wave of support for those who are most in need.

On the Second Sunday of Advent, the Prophet Isaiah reminds us that the church is ordained to be Christ’s hands extended to the poor, the neglected, the excluded.

Donald Trump came close to re-election because so many workers are better off, writes Joseph J. Dunn. Pursuing “justice” at the expense of economic growth would be a bad bet for the Democrats.

Biographer Eileen Markey said that the four women were very aware that their work could put them in harm’s way.

Pope Francis' remarks from his general audience on Wednesday, Dec. 2.

This week on “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle and veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell take a look at this year’s pared-down consistory and how Pope Francis has shifted the geography of the College of Cardinals.

Latino voters this election season were instrumental in helping flip the state of Arizona blue for the first time since 1996, but in Florida and Texas more Latinos than expected voted for President Donald Trump.

The four churchwomen chose to stay and to suffer, as St. Romero had once said, “the same fate as the poor.”

A Reflection for the First Wednesday of Advent

Father Matt Malone’s homily for the Feast of St. Edmund Campion, patron America Media.

Part of my project aims to show that Catholics responded heroically to H.I.V. and AIDS in the early days. What I didn’t realize in setting out to tell these stories was how raw that time remains for so many people, even decades later.

Cardinal Fitzgerald noted that Francis took inspiration for the encyclical not only from St. Francis of Assisi but also from the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Ahmad Al-Tayyeb.

COVID-19 is not the first pandemic of our lifetime. But we’re certainly acting like it is. 

Please join us on the Feast of St. Edmund Campion, S.J., - Tuesday, December 1 - at 11 am ET for a live, virtual Mass.

The passionate reaction to Maradona’s death was a sign of his transcendence and quasi-religious appeal.

The Buffalo diocese sought bankruptcy protection in February, citing hundreds of lawsuits filed against it since August 2019 over its handling of sexual abuse allegations.

Local health authorities put the the entire monastery under quarantine late last week after the first cases of coronavirus were discovered there.

A Reflection for the First Tuesday of Advent

Guaranteeing justice for all men and women is not possible while a few people control most of the world’s wealth and everyone else’s right to a dignified life is disregarded, Pope Francis said.