The Rev. James Martin, S.J., leads listeners through an Examen on encountering God through different forms of prayer.

America Media and the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate are highlighting six young women religious working all over the country in a variety of ministries and religious orders.

The list includes all of the diocesan bishops of the nine countries from the Amazon region, as well as three from the United States.

But the Pan-Amazon Synod’s organizers say much of the unhappiness with the its working document simply reflects Eurocentricism. Many critics “have little knowledge of the Amazon and in some cases have no commitment to its people.”

The first Latino pope and Hispanic Heritage Month

To listen carefully to an arguing group is to gain a peculiar glimpse into the desires and anxieties of that group.