My plan was not to read three books in a row about death. But I just did.

Few writers have ever captured in fiction the American religious sense that underlies so much of our history more than Willa Cather.

Gloria Purvis and Sam Sawyer, S.J., discuss the Catholic imperative to form and obey one’s conscience, especially around two key voting issues: abortion and racism.

On this week’s episode of “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen Dulle and Ricardo da Silva, S.J., interview Dr. Catherine Clifford, a professor of systematic and historical theology at St. Paul’s University in Ottawa, Canada, who served as an elected member of the 2024 Synod on Synodality’s drafting commission for the final document.

For Catholics who want to see immediate changes in the church, the synod was an opportunity for conversion.

The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors issued findings and recommendations in its pilot annual report, specifically calling for greater transparency from the Vatican’s sex abuse office, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.

A Reflection for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, by Connor Hartigan

Some Catholic voters are struggling with their decision and may not make up their minds until it’s time to pull the lever—and that group could very well decide the election.

The Archbishop of San Juan has demanded former President Donald Trump personally apologize for racist remarks directed at Puerto Rico and others at his Oct. 27 rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City.