The Bible says, in the beginning the Earth was wild and empty. In Hebrew it is called Tohuwabohu, utter chaos. So God turned on the light just by saying “there shall be light”. And there was light.

Find today’s readings here. If you’re a regular reader of America or tend to follow liturgical developments in the Catholic church, you may remember that in July of this year, the Vatican approved new ...

Our bundled partisanship misses Scripture’s focus on the body. What is particularly disconcerting is the sense that often conversations around sexuality, racial injustice, and care for the created ...