When asked if he felt he had changed during his papacy, the pope said he was told by several people “that things that were dormant in my personality came to the surface; that I became more merciful.”

A reflection for the Friday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Jim McDermott, S.J.

This week on “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle speaks with Sant’Egidio’s Elizabeth Boyle about the lay group’s efforts to foster peace and friendship in South Sudan.

How do Jesuit teachers talk about God in the classroom? A group of teachers from St. Louis University High School reflect.

If we can accept that God loves us as we are, that we are worthy of love at any size, is it wrong to also desire to be thinner and to take steps to reach that goal?

Daily scripture reflections from the Jesuits, lay editors and contributing writers of America.