Silvia Moreno-Garcia's novels 'Silver Nitrate' and 'Mexican Gothic' feature complicated heroines, compelling plots and supernatural elements solidly grounded in research.

Bishop Thomas Gumbleton appears in 'No Guilty Bystander' to be an institutional “lifer,” resolved to remain part of a gradually evolving system but reserving the right to dissent when he sees fit.

Education changed peoples’ hearts and minds and led to the abolition of the slave trade in the 18th century. Truth in labeling can help people of faith to oppose slave labor today.

The church can be prophetic in reminding all that every human being—yes, even a Hamas militant or a Zionist settler—is created in the image and likeness of God.

A Homily for the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time: What will God want when we are asked to account for our lives?

Many of us regular folks, powerless folks, are intimidated by the possible danger of opposing hateful statutes carried out in our name.

Pro-lifers need to seriously consider what defeats at the ballot box mean—and ask themselves why recent legal successes have not translated into democratic successes.

Senator Joe Manchin, who announced last week he would not run for re-election, blocked efforts to fight climate change and child poverty. That doesn’t make him a ‘centrist.’

In a brief interview with America, Archbishop Lucas shares his personal perspectives and spiritual insights with our readers.

In a brief interview with America, Bishop Cozzens shares his personal perspectives and spiritual insights with our readers.