How does a Catholic priest minister in a town famous for its devotion to the occult? Well, first you try to be a good neighbor.

Peter Gumpel, S.J., who died last week, devoted his life to the work of the Vatican's Congregation for the Causes of Saints. He also had a surprising secret about his own background.

After a tense standoff between the Soviet Union and the United States over the presence of Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, the editors of America weigh the outcome and the consequences.

While Lin-Manuel Miranda’s popular Founding Fathers remix was built for performers of color, “1776” has been retrofitted onto this troupe of talented women.

Papal infallibility is not always properly understood. Some on the right think that the magisterium can resolve every question or problem with a declaration. Those on the left often grow impatient and dispute its interventions.

Groups calling for the removal of books from libraries and school curricula today would do well to consider the Catholic Church’s experiences with attempting to censor authors.