For James Joyce, humanity’s faulty condition “is happy because faults, errors, mistakes and misunderstandings” are the birth of comedy, writes Gabrielle Carey in a new biography.

Pope Francis met with President Joe Biden and several other world leaders at the Group of Seven summit.

The pope addressed leaders at the G7's special "outreach" session dedicated to artificial intelligence.

Pope Francis met with comedians to discuss the importance of humor, specifically as a tool for unity in the face of darkness and conflict.

“Sister Act” embodies the welcoming spirit of a church willing to go out into the street.

Some suggestions from the staff of America for summer reading: books old and new, long and short, funny and sad.

These are films that I find meaningful and believe resonate with our faith—particularly our call to love our L.G.B.T.Q. siblings and to uphold their human dignity.

Basketball fans know Steve Javie as a longtime N.B.A. referee and a frequent commentator on ESPN and ABC. But for the parishioners at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Newtown, Pa., he’s Deacon Steve.

“Can we laugh at God?’ Pope Francis asked a group of comedians invited for an audience at the Vatican. “Of course, we can, just as we play and joke with the people we love.“

I am always going to be let down by humans, but never by the One who is fully human and fully divine.

Both the United States and the European Union are experiencing a period when double-digit percentages of foreign-born people have been able to achieve legal residency.

The Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity released a study document on the role of the bishop of Rome and how that role is viewed by other Christian churches.

Pope Francis is scheduled to sit down with U.S. President Joe Biden and eight other heads of state in a series of private bilateral meetings during the Group of Seven on Friday, June 14.

Have you heard the one where Stephen Colbert, Whoopi Goldberg and Conan O’Brien walked into the Vatican?

A Reflection for Saturday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time, by Jill Rice

A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, by Michael Simone, S.J.

A Reflection for Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time, by Delaney Coyne

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time, by Tim Reidy

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time, by Zac Davis

A Reflection for Monday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time, by Ricardo da Silva, S.J.