A local Italian group launched an online petition urging Pope Francis, the Vatican and others to stop the “fir tree-icide” of cutting down a 200-year-old red pine to decorate St. Peter’s Square for Christmas.

Flying bishops, eminent birthdays and getting lost in translation: Funny stuff that Father James Martin heard inside the synod hall.

"The Trump administration is going to present real challenges to Catholics," E.J. Dionne says in a conversation with America.

In 1960, novelist and literary critic Doris Grumbach reflected on the art—and science—of book reviewing, including Catholic books.

Archbishop Welby, who resigned last week in response to the charges that he had failed to report sexual abuse, had a rapport with Pope Francis that went far beyond dutiful ecumenism.

Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera of Jinotega was forced to leave Nicaragua after accusing a local Sandinista mayor of sacrilege for disturbing a celebration of the Mass by blaring loud music outside the cathedral, according to Nicaraguan media.

A Reflection for the Saturday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time, by Michael J. O’Loughlin

A Reflection for the Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by Molly Cahill

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time, by Delaney Coyne

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time, by Connor Hartigan