Matthew Becklo, who edited John Allen’s eleventh and final book in 2023, reflects on John’s vision for a “Catholic Commons” to resist the growing “culture of contempt” without eliding real differences ...

To Ahmad Muna, co-owner of The Educational Bookshop, Francis' near daily phone calls to a Catholic Church in Gaza in the last year of his life proved the pope was a steadfast believer in human dignity ...

In a year marked by political violence and collective unease, writers on religion and spirituality offered reflections on faith where it is most contested — in national histories and in communities ...

Happy New Year! The arrival of 2026 at midnight tomorrow will mean we have survived another year, touch and go though it may have seemed at times. Surely it’s right to celebrate—but, as America’s ...