Diversity brings opportunity, but leaky roofs and aging priests bring challenges to American parishes.
Religious Life
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
The Young Pope: The Catholic art that Catholics need (but might not want).
Jude Law gives us a nuanced portrait of a too easily satirized character: the Catholic cleric.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
Why one city is backing a different kind of family values: housing co-ops
Early Wednesday morning, the city council passed a measure that enables housing cooperatives to form in Boulder’s neighborhoods.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Reimagining Catholic devotion to Mary: Who is she and what is her role in my life?
“Who is Mary, what is her role in my life and what could I do to get to know her better?”
Posted inFaith, Signs Of the Times
Gay Priests Prohibited
The Vatican on Dec. 7 declared that persons with ‘homosexual tendencies’ cannot be admitted to Catholic seminaries.
Posted inFaith
VIDEO: How would women deacons change the church?
Part III of the three-part series: Deacons, Women and the Call to Serve
Posted inFaith, In All Things
What makes an Ignatian retreat different? An interview with Jesuit retreat master, Howard Gray, S.J.
‘The Exercises are geared toward making a decision: a life choice or a deepening of a choice already made.’
Posted inFaith, Signs Of the Times
Jesuits: Models of reconciliation for a world in need of mercy
In a world of conflict, deeply in need of the mercy frequently implored by Pope Francis, Jesuits can be agents of reconciliation and dialogue, the Society’s new superior general said in an exclusive interview with America.Arturo Sosa, S.J., elected on Oct. 14 superior general for the Society o
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Exclusive: Martin Scorsese discusses his faith, his struggles, his films and “Silence.”
An exclusive interview with James Martin, S.J. and Martin Scorsese, the director of “Silence.”
Posted inFaith, News
Victim advocates are wary of new priest abuse victims program.
The New York archdiocese’s program lets people take claims to a noted outside mediator while keeping painful details private.