The centennial of James Baldwin's birth is an invitation to join the ranks of “the relatively conscious” who will help the nation engage in the metanoia needed to become the country that Baldwin constantly believed and hoped it could become.

One of the recommendations of the first meeting of the Synod on Synodality was to explore ways to improve the quality of liturgies. America asked two contributors to reflect on how we worship.

Any decision requires some development in the church’s understanding of the tradition.

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

People with intellectual and developmental disabilities have a part to play in the church’s work.

Vatican correspondent Gerard O'Connell describes his journalistic ministry in the city at the heart of the Catholic faith.