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Politics & SocietyFeatures
John W. Miller
In the United States, baseball is becoming a mostly white country-club sport for upper-class families to consume, like a snorkeling vacation or a round of golf.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
America Staff
Twenty-six states are certain or likely to ban abortion if as expected the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
A mother helps her malnourished son stand after he collapsed near their hut in the village of Lomoputh in northern Kenya, on May 12, 2022. United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths visited the area on Thursday to see the effects of the drought which the U.N. says is a severe climate-induced humanitarian emergency in the Horn of Africa. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
Long before Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine, smaller conflicts have been displacing people and disrupting growing seasons and food markets around the world.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Nicholas D. Sawicki
In the wake of the mass shooting in Buffalo, Catholic social teaching can provide a starting point for addressing a society that disregards lives, particularly those of Black people.
FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
On “Inside the Vatican,” veteran Vatican reporter Gerard O’Connell and host Colleen Dulle explore why Cardinal Joseph Zen appears to pose such a grave threat to the Chinese government.
FaithFaith in Focus
Valerie Schultz
I feel qualified to tell everyone who has not attempted to nurse an infant to shut it.
Politics & SocietyNews
Terry O'Neill - Catholic News Service
After the introduction of assisted suicide in Canada, some patients are choosing to die rather than to continue to live without adequate palliative care.
Nick Cave performs at the Roskilde Festival in Roskilde, Denmark, in 2018. (Wikimedia Commons)
Arts & CultureMusic
Kaya Oakes
For hundreds of thousands who follow his music and his newsletter, The Red Hand Files, Nick Cave has become a pastor of sorts.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
The great mistake that many make in what they call their spiritual lives is to believe that they do not need words to be in communion with God.
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Granting an exception to canon law, Pope Francis said men’s communities that are made up of both priests and brothers can choose one of the brothers to be a provincial superior or even the superior general.
FaithNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
Doctors have prescribed a wheelchair, cane and physical therapy. Pope Francis quipped that what he really needs for the pain is a shot of tequila.
Cardinals in scarlet vestments leave the Pro Eligendo Pontiface Mass prior to the Conclave, March 12, 2013, at the Vatican.
FaithNews Analysis
Thomas J. Reese
Before he dies or retires, Pope Francis needs to make changes in the process of electing a new pope to avoid the possibility of a deadlocked conclave.
FaithFaith in Focus
Jon M. Sweeney
Sometimes, standing in a spot and truly acknowledging pain may be the best thing we can do.
FaithFaith and Reason
Tomás Halík
The world is at war, but we must think about the post-war world. We should not repeat old mistakes and underestimate the spiritual energy of the world’s religions.
Pope Francis speaks during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 18, 2022.
FaithSpeeches
Pope Francis
“God is not afraid of our prayer of protest, no!” Pope Francis said in his Wednesday audience, during which he talked about lessons the faithful can take from the book of Job.
FaithFaith in Focus
Jim McDermott
For people who live in New York City, Times Square is a nightmare place, a hellish whirlpool of bodies, noise and capitalism. But this weekend I discovered something new and not awful there.
Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
James T. Keane
For more than three decades, Mike Davis has offered clear and often stinging counterpoints to the prevailing vision of the “California Dream.”
Arts & CulturePoetry
Joe Hoover, S.J.
We include fragments of poems that, while not contest finalists, provide one more way for America to shine a light on the ongoing horror in Ukraine.
Arts & CulturePoetry
Lisa Mullenneaux
I begged them: “Keep the money. Just give me the photos of my family.”
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kathryn Jean Lopez
Roe v. Wade isn’t just evil—it is bad law, bad history, bad medicine and bad science. Still, much work remains to be done.