Flying bishops, eminent birthdays and getting lost in translation: Funny stuff that Father James Martin heard inside the synod hall.

"The Trump administration is going to present real challenges to Catholics," E.J. Dionne says in a conversation with America.

Pope Francis said that Christian faith must disturb the powers that be.

In 1960, novelist and literary critic Doris Grumbach reflected on the art—and science—of book reviewing, including Catholic books.

Pope Francis said the international community should investigate whether Israel’s military actions in Gaza constitute genocide.

Archbishop Welby, who resigned last week in response to the charges that he had failed to report sexual abuse, had a rapport with Pope Francis that went far beyond dutiful ecumenism.

Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera of Jinotega was forced to leave Nicaragua after accusing a local Sandinista mayor of sacrilege for disturbing a celebration of the Mass by blaring loud music outside the cathedral, according to Nicaraguan media.

A Reflection for the Saturday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time, by Michael J. O’Loughlin

A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr, by Colleen Dulle

A Reflection for the Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by Molly Cahill

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time, by Delaney Coyne

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time, by Connor Hartigan

A Reflection for Monday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time, by Grace Lenahan

I am struggling to smile and nod and accept the message from well-intentioned people, whom I love, that everything will be fine, that I should trust in God, and not despair.

Pope Francis’ encyclicals have drawn from and lead to this truth: What the world needs is heart—not sentimentality, but integration, presence and fortitude to stay in the tensions of our current reality.

“It is very clear that I must take personal and institutional responsibility for the long and retraumatising period between 2013 and 2024,” Archbishop Welby said in a Nov. 12 statement.

In faith, in love and in hope, Gustavo Gutiérrez gave everything to the present. The world is a better place for it.

Sometimes you have to leave home to find home. That’s the paradox of the immigrant experience, portrayed beautifully in “Brooklyn.”

Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” scandalized Italian audiences. But it was a group of Jesuit priests who were determined to offer a more nuanced interpretation of the film.

Martin Scorsese is leading one of the most elaborate projects devoted to the saints in recent memory. “Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints” streams on Fox Nation.