What Rome thought of the USCCB meeting
The U.S. bishops approved their long-awaited and much-debated document on the Eucharist at their November meeting last week. This week on “Inside the Vatican,” America’s national correspondent Michael...
25 Nov 202125min
Pope Francis knights two reporters
Pope Francis lavished praise on several reporters this week, awarding Televisa’s Valentina Alazraki and Reuters’ Phil Pullela papal knighthoods on Saturday, and praising America’s Michael J. O’Loughli...
18 Nov 202127min
Pope Francis thanks author for book on LGBT Catholics and the AIDS crisis
Pope Francis sent a letter to America’s national correspondent, Michael J. O’Loughlin, thanking him for his research on the interactions between the Catholic Church and the gay community—and the stori...
15 Nov 202118min
Deep Dive: What you need to know about the Communion Wars in the U.S. Church
The U.S. bishops’ debate over whether pro-choice policians like President Joseph R. Biden should be allowed to receive communion has been raging for over a year now. After the bishops’ meeting last No...
11 Nov 202130min
Pope Francis’ message to COP26
Pope Francis met with President Biden, President Moon of Korea and Prime Minister Modi from India last week, and in all of the conversations, one subject came up: Climate change. Many of the world le...
4 Nov 202126min
Bonus: Pope Francis tells President Biden to keep receiving Communion
Today, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. met with Pope Francis in a highly anticipated meeting at the Vatican. The two leaders spoke privately for 75 minutes, which is unusually long compared to other mee...
29 Okt 20214min
What happens when a pope meets a president?
Pope Francis is expected to meet with U.S President Joseph R. Biden, Korean President Moon Jae-in and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week while the leaders are in Rome for the G20 summit. So...
28 Okt 202128min
Pope Francis’ 9 commandments for a just economy
This weekend, Pope Francis gave a speech to grassroots activists that some are already calling an important contribution to Catholic Social Teaching. At America, we called it “Pope Francis’ 9 commandm...
21 Okt 202127min
