Among the standout American athletes at this year's Olympics were plenty whose hard work and accomplishments are also a source of pride and unity among U.S. Catholics.

A Reflection for Friday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Michael O’Brien

"Magdalene: I am the utterance of my name" is advocating for setting the record straight on one of Christianity’s most vital disciples.

Two-thirds of former prisoners in the United States are arrested again within three years of being released. A Catholic halfway house in Florida is trying to change that.

Major League Baseball is finally incorporating stats recorded by Negro League players as part of M.L.B.’s official record books.  

Have you heard the one where Stephen Colbert, Whoopi Goldberg and Conan O’Brien walked into the Vatican?

Beth Gibbons is singular in many ways, and “Lives Outgrown” is a singular contemplation of the countless changes we experience throughout our lives and the ultimate change to come after we pass away.

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time, by Michael O’Brien

“I wanted to be a basketball player, be a hippie, on tour with The Grateful Dead, be an adventurer. I didn’t spend my life trying to be the richest guy on Earth,” Walton once said about himself.

Cardinal Robert McElroy, Bishop Robert Barron and Bishop Daniel Flores joined moderator Gloria Purvis for a roundtable discussion on the rise of polarization in the church.