Italy agreed Thursday to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare (1,000-acre) field north of Rome, once the source of controversy between the two, into a vast solar farm.

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time During the fourth watch of the night, he came toward them, walking on the sea. When the disciples saw him walking on the sea they ...

Colleen Dulle is the Vatican Correspondent at America and co-hosts the "Inside the Vatican" podcast. She is the author of Struck Down, Not Destroyed: Keeping the Faith as a Vatican Reporter (Image ...

August 17, 2025, the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time: There remains a glimpse of hope, according to this Sunday’s psalm, for those who wait in the Lord. But the readings also provide a ...

As emergency workers searched for survivors and tried to recuperate the bodies of the dead, Pope Leo XIV offered his prayers for people impacted by the latest shipwreck of a migrant boat off the ...

Victor M. Cancino, S.J., lives on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana and is the pastor of St. Ignatius Mission. He received his licentiate in sacred Scripture from the Pontifical ...

Hondurans believe the upcoming election offers an opportunity to restore public confidence in democracy and dodge the return of authoritarianism. “We are alive only through the grace of God. At ...

What is prayer and how can we pray? How do I know if God is responding to my prayers? What does it mean to live a spiritual life? “The Spiritual Life with Fr. James Martin, S.J.,” focuses on ...

Many aspects of Pope Francis’ remarkable program of ecclesial renewal weare prefigured in Hans Urs von Balthasar’s vision for the church.

Americans who are alarmed about Donald Trump’s assaults on democratic norms need to recognize that the courts alone are not a sufficient bulwark for the rule of law.

Well before “public theology” became a watchword, he had set about rethinking the language of faith in the contemporary world—all with typical understatement and modesty.

Arts & Culture, Catholic Book Club From high-brow classics to beach reads: 100 years of book recommendations from America magazine ...