Three major events are converging on Feb. 11 this year: the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, the World Day of the Sick, and the 40th anniversary of St. John Paul II’s apostolic letter Salvifici Doloris ...

Very often spirituality is thought of as something that is done in temples, meditation rooms, or during complex rites. We associate it with silence, incense, chanting, and an absolute withdrawal from ...

Bishop David L. Toups of Beaumont, Texas, swings a censer in front of the monstrance during Eucharistic adoration July 20, 2024, at the final revival night of the National Eucharistic Congress at ...

Thanks for joining today's study about an important topic. Every thinking person, with or without faith, wrestles with the questions “Why am I here?” or “What does God want me to do with my life?” ...

Many people give up on religion when what they really need to do is change their image of God and how they relate to him. Too many people, when they grow older, give up on the God they learned about ...

Editor’s note: This article was originally published in the 8/30/1997 issue of America. Two years ago America published a collection of 25 brief essays by a number of notable personalities (9/30/95).

In the Old Testament, God often took bold measures to connect with His people in order to instruct them (think of Moses and the burning bush). And remember Samuel: God called to him during the night, ...

“Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me" (Mark 9:37). Pope Francis is back in Rome after completing his pastoral visit to Hungary and ...