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

How we partake in the mystery of Christ—kneeling, receiving the host in our hands, or on our tongue—is secondary to the experience of humility and honor in receiving the Eucharist.

How to restore peace in Israel and Gaza now after this historic outbreak of violence and mutual suffering? It will take outside pressure on both Israel and Hamas.

In Tom McCarthy’s film, the truly good things in life—love, trust, purpose—require hard, honest work.

A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious, by Kerry Weber

“Rapito” is a compelling and often infuriating tale of church power that will likely never be shown at the Vatican.

The president of the Polish bishops' conference has bitterly criticized demands for liberal change by the church in neighboring Germany and urged the pope not to allow them to dominate the Rome Synod on Synodality.

This week on Jesuitical, Zac and Ashley welcome Lee C. Camp, host of the “No Small Endeavor” podcast, about growing up with anti-Catholic biases—and how studying at Notre Dame changed his perspective.

There is something to learn from the fact that discussion at the synod on the most difficult topics was neither rushed to a conclusion nor closed absolutely.

Our readers respond to Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell’s interview with Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States since 2016.

From unwrapping unwanted presents to burning fossil fuel to power millions of Christmas lights, the commemoration of the humble birth of Jesus comes at a significant expense to the environment.

Through the Lilly Endowment's Compelling Preaching Initiative, America Media will continue to "respond to the needs of the church" through effective preaching on multimedia platforms.

Can we learn to see gender in its real complexity?

The C.E.C. demonstrates a profound, organic Catholicism that places people within "the wholeness of creation" and asks them "to look and feel and touch and know it."

What if we brought together two currents: attachment to the Eucharist as liturgical action and devotion with attachment to the Blessed Virgin Mary? The conjunction of these currents can enable them to reinforce each other and can make a significant impact on our spiritual journeys.

Thomas Aquinas's 'Summa Theologiae' is perhaps the most important philosophical/theological work in Christian history. Why didn't the Angelic Doctor finish it?

Timely Lessons in the Eternal City

How a special novena brought our community closer to Our Lady.

I have learned to take Christmas carols seriously and to anticipate the epiphanies they may bear in my spiritual life.

Peter Brown's 'Journeys of the Mind' presents a very attractive picture of one man’s life immersed in the world of books and arguments—one that also seems like a lot of fun.