It would not have been easy for anyone to step into the shoes of the fisherman after Pope Francis, just as it was not easy for Benedict XVI to follow St. John Paul II. But Leo XIV has done so with ...

This Sunday’s readings offer three different lenses to examine what is perhaps best left mysterious: how faith works within one’s tradition.

John Rziha is a professor of moral theology at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kan., where he has taught since 2001.

Mary’s Assumption doesn’t appear in Scripture. But that doesn’t mean it’s just a human addendum to church teaching.

One Holy Saturday sometime in the 10th century, a married couple dressed in sackcloth and covered themselves in ashes. They went to their parish priest, ...

In 'The Spirit of the Game,' Paul Emory Putz offers insights into the synergy between sports and Christianity in the United States.

In his new book, Michael Peppard suggests that Catholics “encounter” the Bible not just in the text but through worship, prayer, art, song and literature. This represents a uniquely Catholic way of ...

Episcopal priest and teacher of contemplative spirituality. He is the author of Let Your Heartbreak Be Your Guide and co-author of The New Monasticism and Occupy Spirituality. He serves as Director of ...

Catherine Petrany is an associate professor in the theology department at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa.

In the July/August 2025 issue of America, Richard J. Clifford, S.J., observed that “the Bible itself contains the most powerful argument against making Richard J. Clifford, S.J., argued that posting ...

In 'Hindu and Catholic, Priest and Scholar,' the Rev. Francis X. Clooney tells the story of his lifelong engagement in dialogue with the Hindu tradition—as a Jesuit priest.

In the New York metropolitan area, there are six Jesuit high schools, and four of them enroll only boys. In the spirit of being “men for others,” an ...