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?

There’s still a lot of confusion among Catholics about the sex abuse crisis. And with good reason.

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

“One of the problems of racism, as is the case with so many sins, is that the sinner doesn’t recognize their part in the sin.”

The Israelites are quite like us. They intend to offer a response that is steadfast but their own humanity, under the siege of sin, fails them.

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.