In the wake of the death of pope emeritus Benedict XVI earlier today, U.S. Catholics offered public condolences and prayers.

Senior editor Robert David Sullivan charts America magazine’s year in review, month by month.

Electronic encryption allows people to keep a list of information secure and untouchable by centralized powers. To some investors and speculators, and apparently to some Catholics, that possibility holds enormous appeal.

The Respect for Marriage Act upholds a principle that most Americans can agree on: We are not going back to the 1950s.

A decades-old memorial for people who died from AIDS-related complications has found a new home in a New York City church.

Matt Malone, S.J., compiled this list of his top 10 features from America and his top 10 columns over his 10 years as editor in chief.

Mere “survival should not be the utmost ambition for a people in democratic countries, but rather prosperity and welfare. I believe that Israel is going to be more Jewish and much less democratic, and we’ll all pay the price for that.”

Despite the headlines of worker deaths, FIFA corruption and L.G.B.T. human rights violations (and yes, banned beer), billions around the world welcome the World Cup with relief.

I just know that “I am,” that God made me this way, and that God made me this way for a reason.

This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Father Martin joins hosts Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell to discuss his meeting with the pope, which focused mostly on ministry to LGBT Catholics.