Statistics often obscure the full story of drops in crime or unemployment.

Jan. 31, 2015, would have marked the 100th birthday of the American Trappist monk and author Thomas Merton.

Living LawRe “Has Natural Law Died?” by John J. Conley, S.J. (12/22): Speaking as a lawyer, I would argue that natural law is, for the first time in the last few centuries, actually starting to take hold—just not within the church. In particular, natural law concepts are now findin

Cardinal-designate Dominique Mamberti, the only official of the Roman Curia among the 20 new cardinals named by Pope Francis, said the honor binds him even more closely to the pope and the church of Rome.Pope Francis' announcement came just days before the cardinal-designate, the Vatican's f

For many years now I rsquo ve resolved to include in my Advent and Christmas reading Caryll Houselander rsquo s The Reed of God but the usual distractions have prevented me until this year nbsp It rsquo s a simple modest little book of meditations on Mary and the Incarnation and what it all mea

We asked members of the America Magazine staff to talk about the best (or most intriguing, or only) book they read in 2014.

Sixty-four are baptized into the Christian family

Not A Choice“The Loneliest Choice” (12/1), by the Rev. Rhonda Mawhood Lee, disappointed me greatly. While pastoral reflection on suicide remains a crucial topic, the article seems to hark back to pre-Enlightenment days, when there was little understanding of grave mental illness. Fo

Latin American church leaders apologized for historical complicity with colonial atrocities in the Amazon and called for a church with an "Amazonian face" in a pastoral letter issued as negotiators from around the world met for a climate summit here."The exploitation of the Amazon thr

Leaders must 'overcome distrust; promote a culture of solidarity'