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Arts & CultureBooks
John W. O’Malley's ‘When Bishops Meet’ challenges readers to understand the lasting importance of three monumental councils of the church.
FaithNews
The pope reflected on the day's reading from St. Paul's letter to the Romans, in which the apostle says his sufferings are "nothing compared to the glory to be revealed for us."
Politics & SocietyNews
The treaty emerged from member states frustrated with the slow pace of nuclear disarmament.
FaithNews
A call for greater solidarity and pastoral care to the Amazon region is at the heart of the final document produced by the Amazon Synod.
FaithEditorials
One of the most significant questions we now face in the church is how to commit to the path of “synodal conversion,” overcoming fear and distrust.
Arts & CultureBooks
James K. A. Smith's new book seems to have been written largely with disaffected evangelicals in mind, those who have “been there, done that and left the stupid Christian T-Shirt at home.”
Politics & SocietyNews
Representatives from the Catholic and Orthodox churches and the Muslim and Jewish faiths signed a joint declaration at the Vatican reaffirming each religion's clear opposition to euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide.
Politics & SocietyNews
People in northeastern Syria say despite Erdogan's reassurances, the Turkish military and its allied Syrian armed groups are persecuting religious minorities.
Politics & SocietyNews
Christianity is disappearing from towns and cities in parts of the Middle East, warns a new report from the papal foundation Aid to the Church in Need.
FaithNews
Pope Francis on Monday officially changed the name of the Holy See archive to remove what he said were the "negative" connotations of having "secret" in its name.
FaithFaith and Reason
Fr. Theodore Hesburgh's somewhat idiosyncratic relation to St. John Henry Newman’s capacious mind on Catholic higher education.
FaithExamen
The Rev. James Martin, S.J., leads listeners through an Examen on the role that the saints can play in our spiritual lives.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Pope Francis strongly denounced “predatory models” that are posing a deadly threat to the lives of the 34 million inhabitants of the Amazonian region.
FaithVatican Dispatch
The most important thing to emerge from the synod was the unequivocal commitment by the church in the nine countries of the Amazon region to seek new ways to preach the Gospel and to promote justice and stand in solidarity with its 34 million inhabitants.
FaithNews
Members of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon asked that women be given leadership roles in the Catholic Church, although they stopped short of calling for women deacons.
FaithVatican Dispatch
The Mexican cardinal said “integral ecology” and the need for “ecological conversion” have been central points of the synod. “We all agreed that the church should be a factor for wakening consciences to care for the common home,” he said.
Politics & SocietyNews
The good news is that “trends in women’s empowerment are heading in the right direction globally. Some 59 countries recorded significant progress since the first edition while only one country (Yemen) experienced major deterioration.”
FaithNews
The Amazon Synod has reached its final week and the highly anticipated final document of the synod will lay out a plan to put these weeks of prayerful discernment into concrete action items.
Colleen Dulle, host of Inside the Vatican, and Fr. Luke Hansen, SJ, discuss the likely contents of this final document.
Arts & CultureLast Take
The Houston Astros may be down one game in the World Series, but America assistant editor Vivian Cabrera is a true believer.
Arts & CultureArt
“The Warmth of Other Suns: Stories of Global Displacement” is a lesson on how art can awaken us to the unprecedented crisis of refugees and displaced persons now numbering 70.8 million.