Israelis will go to the polls on Nov. 1 for the fifth time in less than four years. Will the elections bring any significant change in this divided country, or offer any hope for a resolution to the more than 70-year-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

The nomination of Mariana Mazzucato raised concern in some quarters because of her retweets or positive comments on tweets in June criticizing the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overrule Roe v. Wade.

This week on “Inside the Vatican,” veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell and host Colleen Dulle explain the pope’s reasoning behind his decision to extend the synod.

Discernment is the narrative reading of the good moments and the dark moments, the consolations and desolations we experience in the course of our lives.

Peter Gumpel, S.J., who died last week, devoted his life to the work of the Vatican's Congregation for the Causes of Saints. He also had a surprising secret about his own background.

Christ brought about a separation, rather than integration, of the spiritual and political.

Limitations and rules are part of our daily lives. How do they make our lives more full?

In a surprise announcement this morning, Pope Francis has announced that the final, Roman phase of the ongoing Synod on Synodality will extend over two sessions from October 4-29, 2023, and in October 2024.

For our latest "Inside the Vatican" deep dive, we interviewed top officials in the Vatican’s synod office and ordinary Catholics holding listening sessions around the world—including someone who is more critical of the synod.

We experience now a church where the laity matter—where, for example, a New York Times columnist without any church title can have a voice.