For me and my family, Afghanistan is not one more distant problem we really can’t do anything about. It isn’t the same when the anxiety, and even terror, is experienced by your friends.

Our first four presidents—George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison—were influenced by the Enlightenment, but even more so by the classical Greeks and Romans.

What is it about Dante that has made him not just immortal, but urgent and modern?

How should the church go about updating tradition and articulating a more realistic framework?

The August issue of America featured the results of a comprehensive survey of U.S. Catholics by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, commissioned by America Media. Please see this current issue for more results from the survey about politics, church finances and other issues.

As Nicaragua prepares for a general election in November, Mr. Ortega has ramped up a broad repression of dissenting voices. Could the Catholic Church be his next target?

Twenty years after U.S. military action in Afghanistan began, a look back at America's coverage of our nation's longest war.

I reported on recovery efforts after that 2010 Haitian earthquake. This is what I learned (and why you should care).

In his weekly audience, Pope Francis explained the Law's role in two stages of our lives: before we become believers in Jesus Christ and after receiving the faith.

While the Taliban have promised not to shed any blood, some locals fear that the Islamist regime will lead to persecutions and violence.