This week on “The Spiritual Life,” Father James Martin speaks with Stephen Colbert about his experience of being a “fallen away” Catholic and returning to the faith.| America Magazine
“Can we laugh at God?’ Pope Francis asked a group of comedians invited for an audience at the Vatican. “Of course, we can, just as we play and joke with the people we love.“| America Magazine
It is normal to feel that other believers somehow have it all “wrapped up” when it comes to living a spiritual life.| America Magazine
On July 31, Pope Leo XIV announced that St. John Henry Newman, English theologian, educator, and writer who converted to Catholicism after being an Anglican priest, will be named a Doctor of the Church.| America Magazine
A Reflection for Thursday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time, by Ashley McKinless| America Magazine
Trump’s militarization of American streets may be mostly political theater—but that doesn’t mean its not dangerous.| America Magazine
Now more than ever, it is urgent to stand up for our university’s autonomy to make curricular decisions based on its Jesuit mission.| America Magazine
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time, by Kevin Clarke| America Magazine
Speaking in English, Pope Leo XIV asked people “to plead with God to stop the pandemic of arms, large and small, which infects our world” as he prayed for “the victims of the tragic shooting during a school Mass” in Minnesota last week.| America Magazine
Pope Leo XIV marked the 34th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence day—Aug. 24—by sending a message to the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, and by Pope Leo XIV marked the 34th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence day—Aug. 24—by sending a message to the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky.| America Magazine
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Ashley McKinless| America Magazine
We need to pray for the person whose real identity and full story we do not know. Because that is everyone.| America Magazine
