A Reflection for the Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent, by James Martin, S.J.

Pope Francis on Friday made a historic apology to Indigenous Peoples for the “deplorable” abuses they suffered in Canada’s Catholic-run residential schools.

Sure, we can talk about excellence. But we shouldn’t accept as fact the idea that we can rank the worth of a piece of art. That is a fiction itself, a fundamental untruth.

This week on “Inside the Vatican,” survivors explain their hopes for what healing can look like when the church and indigenous people face the truth together.

America's spring 2022 literary issue has a little bit of something for everyone—including the historian in each of us.

Marcia Pally's new book focuses on Leonard Cohen's faith, relationships and worldview through his use of Jewish and Christian imagery.

Kenneth Woodward interviews the Rev. Joseph Komonchak, the renowned scholar of the Second Vatican Council, on the council's impact yesterday and today.

A Columbia professor comes clean about his casual drug use—and thinks the rest of us should think more about harm reduction than eradication when it comes to addictive substances.

A novel, a memoir and a history of men's Catholic collegiate basketball were the three latest selections for the Catholic Book Club.

Novelist and editor Christopher Beha discusses faith, writing and great literature with Mary Grace Mangano.