First, remind yourself that extreme forms of hopelessness are not coming from God.

One girl told me that the congress ‘has been a sneak peek into heaven.’

One of the recommendations of the first meeting of the Synod on Synodality was to explore ways to improve the quality of liturgies. America asked two contributors to reflect on how we worship.

Here are five qualities that today’s prophetic voices share with our predecessors.

In a piece published in the September issue of America, the Napa Institute's Tim Busch described his initiative to alleviate American Catholic polarization through a series of dinners. His approach elicited diverse reactions from our readers.

A look back at the Second Vatican Council through the coverage offered by America and Commonweal offers two lessons: First, we should not expect the journey of the church after the Synod on Synodality to be smooth sailing. Second, the church is very much capable of getting through such turmoil, and emerging stronger from it.