The pope’s appeal came after the assassinations of Hamas political leader and peace negotiator Ismael Haniyeh in Tehran and Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut earlier in the week.

America's staff returns to give their favorite recommendations of what to watch this summer.

Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda is celebrating three alumnae competing for the U.S. Women's Swim Team in Paris.

Hopes for political change in Venezuela were dashed just hours after polls closed when the National Electoral Council declared that Nicholás Maduro had been elected to a third term as president.

More than 300 L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics and their allies will gather at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. this weekend “to build community, share best practices and worship together.”

Colleen Dulle reports on Archbishop Vigano’s trajectory from Vatican civil servant to excommunicant.

What St. Ignatius' seminal phrase "Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam" can teach us about holiness.

Immigration is once again a central focus in Donald Trump’s pursuit of the White House.

A newly elected city councilor in Cork, Ireland, wants to stop the practice of opening meetings with a prayer. He also calls for the removal of a crucifix from the council chamber.

Gail Lumet Buckley, who died on July 18, was an award-winning chronicler of the African American experience. She once wrote of herself in 'America' that "I choose the cross of faith over the sword of ideology."