James T. Farrell was condemned by the church—and paved the way for American Catholic writers
James T. Farrell’s Studs Lonigan trilogy in the 1930s set him up as an enemy of a church that was aghast at his portrayal of human nature and, frankly, of the Catholic Church itself.
Thomas Merton: Monk. Mystic. Existentialist?
A lifetime of re-reading Merton has convinced me that the existential note ringing through his body of work is key, not only to making sense of his wide-ranging thought, but to any real understanding of the man himself.
Spokane bishop calls for prayers, outreach as wildfires ravage area
A Washington state bishop is calling for prayer as wildfires have torched entire neighborhoods, leading to thousands of evacuations and hundreds of destroyed buildings.
Hidden for centuries: How newly identified St. Augustine sermons were found
Two previously unknown sermons by St. Augustine give scholars a rare new window into the mind of one of Christianity’s greatest theologians more than 1,600 years after he preached them.
Live Zoom Panel: Analyzing the Impact and Reception of ‘Magnifica Humanitas’
Join America Media’s team of experts for an exclusive, subscriber-only event to examine the core issues, public response to and overall impact of Pope Leo’s first encyclical, ‘Magnifica Humanitas,’ nearly three months after its publishing.
Latin Mass, schism and cardinals in the media: The liturgy wars are back (and never really left)
As prominent prelates clash over the traditional Latin Mass, Pope Leo XIV’s response may reveal his deepest instincts about authority, unity and tradition.
Diocese of El Paso ends unaccompanied child ministry as Trump admin withholds almost $1M owed
“We know what happens to children that go to court without an attorney. In one word, it is deportation,” said the director of Estrella del Paso.
How Catholics can resist Trump’s deportation campaign against Haitians
The concepts of “rootedness” and “the right to stay, migrate and return,” embedded in Catholic social teaching, offer a lens for framing solidarity with migrants today.
97-year-old cardinal celebrates Mass at site of communist labor camp where he was imprisoned for 18 years
Cardinal Ernest Simoni returned on July 31 to the site of the forced-labor camp where he had been imprisoned for 18 years under Albania’s communist regime.
After SSPX schism, some Catholics urge greater access to the older Latin Mass
But the cardinal who leads the Vatican’s liturgy office said Pope Leo XIV would not be lifting restrictions on the old Mass.
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