In an interview with America, Father Markus Solo spoke about the reasons why Indonesia’s government and its Catholic and Muslim leaders wanted Francis to visit the country, which he described as “young and dynamic.”

After Israel recovered the bodies of 6 hostages in Gaza, including the body of Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, President Biden, who has met with Hersh’s parents, said, “Hamas leaders will pay for these crimes.”

There is no bigger question for Catholics today than this: Why should anyone become or remain Catholic?

The Diocese of Paterson, N.J., argues that the change “will cause severe and substantial disruption to the lives and religious freedoms” of the priests as well as the hundreds of thousands of Catholics they serve.

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A Reflection for Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz

This Labor Day, may we recognize all the laborers in the Lord’s vineyard and embrace them for who they truly are—our brothers and sisters.

“Newsies” is the rare family-friendly musical that also serves as thematically appropriate Labor Day viewing.

How much of Indonesia is Catholic? Is Christianity on the rise? Why is Pope Francis visiting? Here’s what you need to know.

Migration has been a defining reality of the human experience; that is not going to change because of 19th-century innovations like national borders.