On April 30, Archbishops Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco and Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City and Bishop David A. Konderla of Tulsa, Oklahoma, wrote Barr to request stepped-up prosecutions.

In an exclusive interview conducted over email with America, Archbishop Azevedo criticized Brazilian politicians “in different stances of power” who have “minimized the effects of the pandemic.”

Disallowing emergency aid to one part of an affected community and allowing it for another runs contrary to long-held social policy, Catholic education advocates said.

What that community looks like these days has changed, most notably in the inability to gather to celebrate the Sacrament of the Eucharist.

Pope Francis asked the group to ‘prepare the future’ not ‘prepare for the future.’

‘Never Have I Ever’ is a refreshing take on growing up in an immigrant family, where cultural and religious traditions are part of everyday life.

Richter, born in 1932 in Dresden, is arguably the most famous living artist.

Paul Mariani’s poems ask, “Does God know us only by the names our parents gave us?,” another reminder of how the human and eternal meet.

The sacrifice of those we remember this month with “our undying gratitude” will not have been in vain.

In a troubled time in our nation's history, can we unite around shared commitments to freedom, human dignity and truth?