The Walker family departed Buenos Aires, Argentina, in March. Their goal was to reach Pope Francis and the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia.

'Redeployment,' by Phil Klay; 'Green on Blue,' by Elliot Ackerman; 'The Corpse Exhibition,' by Hasan Blasim

'The Jesuits,' by John W. O'Malley, S.J.; 'Keeping Company with Saint Ignatius,' by Luke J. Larson

'The Coup at the Catholic University,' by Peter M. Mitchell

'A God That Could Be Real,' by Nancy Ellen Abrams

'An Unlikely Union,' by Paul Moses

Francis, the first pope ever to address the United States Congress, provoked sustained applause by his very first words, expressing his gratitude for the invitation to address this joint session of Congress in “the land of the free and the home of the brave.”Many veteran politicians, inc

On Sept. 17, 2015, Matt Malone, S.J., president and editor in chief of America Media, spoke with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. at the office of the vice president in Washington, D.C., about his faith, his family and his public life. A complete video recording can be found at

Pope Francis urged the hundreds of thousands of people gathered for the closing Mass of the World Meeting of Families on Sept. 27 to serve and care for each other as freely as God loves the human family.The pope called upon the faithful to embrace signs that the Holy Spirit can work through everyone

On March 13, 2013, when Francis was elected pope.

Will the pope’s visit encourage Catholic elected officials to speak more freely about faith?

Many canon lawyers may be in an ecclesiastical funk since the election of Pope Francis. Not one to “wield canons” at miscreants violating ecclesiastical norms, this pontiff seems more prone to mediation, conciliation and mercy, while upholding the important values of communion within the

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Whether they are dealing with war, development, the economy or environmental concerns, bureaucrats and diplomats must always remember that the lives of real children, women and men are at stake, Pope Francis told the United Nations. Helping to celebrate the organization’s 70th anniversary, Pop

There is no standard procedure, no moral road map, for those left behind.

As the end of a memorable and historic visit with the neighboring people of the United States and Cuba, Pope Francis closed out the 2015 World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia on Sept. 27 with a Mass along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway that was attended by hundreds of thousands.It had been a

‘We can find no social or moral justification, no justification whatsoever, for lack of housing,” Pope Francis told hundreds of homeless people in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 24. He met them in the 220-year-old Church of Saint Patrick and told them, “There are many unjust situations

Koki Ruiz and an altar of corn for the pope

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