The new U.S. ambassador to the Holy See officially began his duties April 11, presenting his letters of credential to Pope Francis.
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Ukrainian nuns transform their monastery to welcome refugees
A quiet monastery in the western Ukrainian village of Hoshiv has transformed itself into a giant playground for a dozen children who’ve been displaced by the war with their families.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks on historic appointment: ‘humbled and honored’ to be on Supreme Court
During a ceremony celebrating Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court, Jackson said she would rule independently “without fear or favor.”
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‘An honored friend, a true American, a global citizen:’ Remembering Drew Christiansen, S.J.
Present and past colleagues of Jesuit Father Drew Christiansen paid tribute to the Middle East and foreign policy scholar and former editor of ‘America’ who died April 6.
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After Pope Francis apology, U.S. church braces for its own boarding school reckoning
As Pope Francis apologizes for abuses at Catholic boarding schools for Indigenous children in Canada, U.S. churches are bracing for a reckoning with their own legacies of operating such schools.
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83-year-old American nun kidnapped by gunmen in Burkina Faso
Sister Suellen Tennyson was taken late Monday “from her room in her pajamas — no shoes, no glasses, no phone, no medicine.”
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Pope Francis asks families to write meditations for his Good Friday Stations of the Cross
Pope Francis has asked several families to write the prayers and meditations for his Stations of the Cross service at Rome’s Colosseum on Good Friday.
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Pro-life activist says fetuses kept in her home are proof of illegal late-term abortions
Lauren Handy and Terrisa Bukovinac said the fetuses are from a box of medical waste they got from the driver of a medical waste truck at an abortion clinic, and they claimed the fetuses looked like they were from late-stage abortions.
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‘America’ mourns the death of editor Drew Christiansen, S.J.
America mourns the loss of Drew Christiansen, S.J., a noted scholar and former editor in chief of the magazine.
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Pope Francis: The blood of innocent victims massacred in Bucha ‘cries out to heaven’
The world is witnessing “ever-more horrendous acts of cruelty done against civilians, unarmed women and children, whose innocent blood cries out to heaven and implores, ‘End this war.’”