The second session of the Synod on Synodality will take place this October as a follow-up to the first session that occurred last October. Here are five things to look for as the synod delegates gather in Rome.

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.

Francis, who will turn 88 on Dec. 17, has not rested one day since his return from the East on Friday, Sept. 13.

Ahead of the 110th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Daniel Corrou, S.J., pastor of St. Joseph Church in Beirut, Lebanon, calls us to embrace “a story of love” rather than fear.

In a talk to leaders of popular grassroots movements, Pope Francis said, “It is often precisely the wealthiest who oppose the realization of social justice or integral ecology out of sheer greed.”

Most of my most meaningful meals have been prepared by friends born outside of the United States and who made a courageous journey to be here.