It has been 56 years since humankind went to the moon—but it's still on our minds.

Frank Turnbull, S.J., a longtime editor at 'America' who died earlier this week, is remembered as a humble, quiet and yet forceful presence to those who knew him during his 85 years of life.

July 16 marks 80 years since the first atomic bomb was detonated. The specter of nuclear annihilation has been with us ever since.

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by James T. Keane

A leading figure in academic Catholic feminism after the Second Vatican Council, Anne E. Carr was also a renowned scholar and an inspiration to generations of theologians.

Among those recognized at two theology conferences in June was Stephen Bevans, S.V.D., to whom the Catholic Theological Society of America gave its highest honor, the John Courtney Murray Award.

The patron saint of 'America' is Edmund Campion, S.J.—for several different reasons.

Walter Brueggemann's influence in the academy reached across denominations and traditions.

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time, by James T. Keane

The Rev. David Tracy, who died on April 29, was a monumental figure in American Catholicism, renowned as a teacher, scholar, writer and mentor to thousands of theologians.