So what are we doing on a mountaintop in the early days of Lent? Just last week, we were with Jesus in the desert, as he ...

The sacrosanct Scripture reflection spreadsheet is circulated among staff members at America. Our associate editor, Molly Cahill, has posted the schedule for reflections, with each staff member being ...

Father Joshua J. Whitfield provides a reflection on the readings and Gospel for the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, apostle, Feb. 22, 2026.

Having watched for Jesus in Advent; having celebrated his coming in the flesh at Christmas; having praised his universal sovereignty at Epiphany, adoring him with the magi; and then having found him ...

The theology of this passage from Mark matters. Obviously, so does its place within the extended debates of rabbis and theologians, arguments now millennia old. "Which is the first of all the ...

The celebration of a National Eucharistic Congress this year invites reflection on the gift and mystery of the Eucharist. We are reminded that each time we participate in the Mass we are connected to ...