“If democracy is under threat from authoritarian urges, it is time to rediscover and reorganize our mutual obedience.”

David Lodge's novels—as well as his many works of nonfiction—made him an important figure in 20th-century British literature. He also captured well the angst of many lay Catholics in the aftermath of Vatican II.

In 1930, Hollywood teamed up with the Catholic Church. The result was the Production Code, a document that dictated what movies could and could not depict.

Top reports from America's “Dispatches” department include looks at conflict, migration and geopolitics through a Catholic filter.

While I would never wish this disease on anyone, it has prompted a personal eucharistic revival of sorts within my own spiritual life.

“I want to be a companion to Sister Sheral on this journey for as long as I have breath,” Sister Maureen Sinnott writes.

San Antonio's Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller discussed the incoming Trump administration, synodality, the U.S. bishops’ anti-poverty program and his health.

“President Biden's decision to commute the sentences of 37 prisoners condemned to death was a reminder that even the most heinous of our sins does not mar our human dignity.”

A Homily for the Epiphany of the Lord, by Father Terrance Klein

Two health care ethicists continue a conversation started in the pages of America.