In her new album, Lady Gaga transports us light years away, ultimately, to return us to ourselves.
Colleen Dulle
Colleen Dulle is the Vatican Correspondent at America and co-hosts the "Inside the Vatican" podcast. She is the author of Struck Down, Not Destroyed: Keeping the Faith as a Vatican Reporter (Image, 2025).
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Subway mysticism: How Madeleine Delbrêl transformed my commute
The church needs Madeleine Delbrêl’s words and example to transform our vision of one another, whether across ecclesial lines or simply across the subway aisle.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis has set up a new commission to study women deacons
This is the second commission established by Pope Francis to study the question of a women’s diaconate.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis approves new ‘Mass in Time of Pandemic’ and Good Friday coronavirus intention
“In these days, during which the whole world has been gravely stricken by the Covid-19 virus, many requests have come to be able to celebrate a specific Mass to implore God to bring an end to this pandemic.”
Posted inFaith, Features
Coronavirus has cancelled public Masses. How can we participate in our own homes?
While this physical separation from our parish communities is only temporary, it has real spiritual implications.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
The Top 25 Films from the Last 25 Years
One hundred years after the birth of cinema, the Vatican released a commemorative list of 45 great films. Now, 25 years later, America Media is here to expand the Vatican’s list with the most groundbreaking, impressive and beautiful films released since 1995.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
How can I reconcile the good and evil of Jean Vanier?
I can no longer in good conscience call Jean Vanier a saint, but I cannot accept the disturbing truth about him as proof, as some have understood it, that sanctity does not exist.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Is the Vatican misleading donors? Peter’s Pence, explained.
What is Peter’s Pence and how is it used?
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Catholic anti-nuke activists guilty on all counts in Georgia court
The Kings Bay Plowshares 7, a group of Catholic activists who broke into Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in April 2018, were found guilty of three felonies and a misdemeanor each, including trespassing and defacing federal government property.
Posted inFaith, Video
#BeyondtheHabit: The Power of Sisterhood
America Media and the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate are highlighting six young women religious working all over the country in a variety of ministries and religious orders.