The Catholic Church, the largest private real estate owner in the world, faces decisions about what to do with its extensive real estate portfolio.

The institutional church is trying to reimagine parish life and make the best use of its resources by consulting both professionals and people in the pews.

If people are not even conscious of a need for religion, the church must also ask how it can help people recognize that the most basic restlessness only finds its rest in God.

In a piece published online in America in March, Katie Owens Mulcahy urged the church to “[recognize] the gifts of diaconal women all around us, inviting spirited debate from readers.

A new statement on end-of-life care threatens established Catholic tradition.

Pope Francis warned against contemplative orders using defensive, nostalgic strategies “when it comes to reflecting on a whether a monastery should be saved or abandoned, on community life or about vocations.”