If Jesus is the mediator between God and humanity, what can the news media learn from his example?
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, Music
The Oh Hellos: the folk rock band that’s not afraid to address politics or religion
Formed in 2011, The Oh Hellos’ Christianity is one of their foundational inspirations, evident in lines like “the only God I should have loved.”
Posted inFaith, Music
“On Eagle’s Wings”: The simple origin of the song that makes the world cry
Composer Jan Michael Joncas kept the song under wraps for years.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
After 33,000 migrant deaths in 24 years, will ‘Fortress Europe’ keep building walls?
A German newspaper published the names of about 33,293 people who died seeking refuge in Europe.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Paul Ryan makes jabs at Trump, Dolan and himself at Al Smith Dinner
“Everyone will report what happened here tonight differently,” Mr. Ryan joked.
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
Faith, feminism & formalism: Kim Bridgford reflects on a life in poetry
Poet Kim Bridgford hopes to publish an essay on every woman poet who has ever lived through the Mezzo Cammin Women Poets Timeline, which she edits.
Posted inFaith, Ideas
“Here I Am, Lord”: The little-known story behind a Catholic hit
Love it or hate it, most Catholics could probably sing “Here I Am, Lord” from memory. But do they know where the song came from?
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
If St. Louis is the “new Selma,” what role will Catholics play in racial reconciliation?
Last month, Jason Stockley, the white police officer who killed Anthony Lamar Smith, a 24-year-old black man, was acquitted. How did the city of St. Louis respond?
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Who is St. Peter Claver, ‘apostle to the slaves’?
Sept. 9 is the traditional feast day for St. Peter Claver, often recognized as the patron saint of Catholic ministry to African-Americans in the United States.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Meet the Strake Jesuit students who rescued 50 people after Hurricane Harvey
Students took up the call to be “men for others” in the wake of the storm.