nbsp Today Pope Francis met with poor persons living in the Varginha favela slum in Rio de Janeiro nbsp Here was his moving message to them which praised those who work for quot social justice quot and quot solidarity quot and decried quot economic inequalities quot nbsp The Pope said

Watch the five-part interview with Adolfo Nicolás, S.J.

The other day on my public Facebook page I posted a link to Pope Francis 39 s off-the-cuff injunction against quot sadness quot among seminarians and novices nbsp Most of the commenters found it as I did delightfully refreshing but some thought that the Pope was either a belittling mental

Update The Vatican has announced the canonization date April 27 2014 Today 39 s announcement by Pope Francis of the canonization of Blessed John Paul II was not a surprise From the time of his death in 2005 when crowds shouted quot Santo Subito quot in St Peter 39 s Square to Pope Benedi

America asked a selection of writers, theologians and church leaders to respond to Pope Francis' first encyclical, Lumen Fidei. Check this page in the coming days for additional contributions.Knowing The One Whom We LoveBy Drew Christiansen, S. J.“The Light of Faith,” Pope Francis sa

The editors of The Jesuit Post on the Supreme Court decision This week as the Supreme Court decisions about DOMA and California rsquo s Proposition 8 were handed down we watched two very different reactions develop in face-to-face conversations official statements and especially over social med

From the US Conference of Catholic Bishops SUPREME COURT DECISIONS ON MARRIAGE lsquo TRAGIC DAY FOR MARRIAGE AND OUR NATION rsquo STATE U S BISHOPSWASHINGTON mdash The U S Supreme Court decisions June 26 striking down part of the Defense of Marriage Act and refusing to rule on the merits of a

Aloysius Gonzaga needs rescuing from the hands of overly pious artists.

Las semanas que siguieron a la elección del Papa Francisco, el primer jesuita designado para un cargo así, había más gente haciendo preguntas sobre los jesuitas que en ningún otro momento de los últimos 25 años. La mayoría de los lectores de la revista Americasabe ya lo que es un jesuita, pe

Congratulations to Kerry Weber associate editor of America for being awarded one of the first annual Egan Journalism Fellows sponsored by Catholic Relief Services nbsp Congratulations as well to all the other fellows nbsp Here is the official announcement nbsp DENVER June 19 2013 Catholic