It may appear strange that a Catholic moral theologian (me) would interact with an atheist philosopher who has consistently rejected the sanctity of human life while demanding we respect the lives of nonhuman animals.

A Homily for the Feast of the Assumption, by Terrance Klein

Jim remembered everyone—even my mother whom he had never met or spoken with. A special occasion would not go by without a phone call or a handwritten note from Jim.

“Praise increases joy. Praise is like a ladder: it leads hearts upward,” Pope Francis said. “Praise elevates souls and defeats the temptation to give up.”

Latino participation is important: Recent polling data suggests that more than half of U.S. Catholics under 30 are Latino. Overall, Latinos make up more than 40 percent of Catholics in the United States.

A prison warden in Mississippi hired nearly a dozen released model inmates to work as chaplains, counselors and teachers. Other prisons can follow suit—and Christian ministries can help.

A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Maximilian Kolbe, by Michael Simone, S.J.

The fate of Maria Lanakila Church was for several days the subject of rumor.

Parsing the numbers and understanding the implications can be challenging. Are we learning anything new?

A Reflection for Saturday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Sebastian Gomes

Sadly, the church of El Salvador can offer any number of priests, men and women religious and lay people to choose from to hold up as modern exemplars of Christian self-sacrifice.

By revisiting the various moments of grace from World Youth Day, we might identify some ways we still need to walk together if we are to make effective the pope’s call for a church that is “for all.”

The whole dynamic of hearing confessions in prison is incredible. I use this awesome role of confessor to encourage them to foster the spark of God’s love for them, not to waste it.

Nicaragua appears to have frozen the bank accounts of the country's Jesuit university, marking yet another attack on the Catholic Church.

‘How can we put our woundedness in the service of others?’ This film provides one answer.

On this special summer episode of “Inside the Vatican,” America editors Ricardo da Silva, S.J. and Gerard O’Connell recap World Youth Day.

A Reflection for Friday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Samantha Richardson

Wildfires raged on the island of Maui, wiping out an entire town and driving people to seek refuge in the ocean.

Two new Broadway productions offer case studies in brand extension and fan service.

The Green Deal amends the European Union’s climate, energy, transport and taxation policies with the short term goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030.