In an essay published on America’s website in September, John F. Baldovin, S.J., examined the theological soundness of making a monetary offering for the sake of “having a Mass said” for an individual.

Catholic preachers should learn from social work and give trauma-informed homilies.

Serving on the altar has formed my experience as a woman in the church.

I asked my fellow Gen-Xers on staff to reflect on this trend, and what may be contributing to it.

Introducing America’s new, groundbreaking feature documentary, “People of God: How Catholic Parish Life is Changing in the United States.”

The share of Catholics going to Mass even a few times each year has fallen off significantly compared with the number before the Covid pandemic, but U.S. Catholics overall are largely optimistic about their church and its leaders, a new survey finds.