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FaithShort Take
James T. Keane
Frank Turnbull, S.J., a longtime editor at 'America' who died earlier this week, is remembered as a humble, quiet and yet forceful presence to those who knew him during his 85 years of life.
FaithScripture Reflections
Zac Davis
A Reflection for Saturday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Zac Davis
FaithFaith in Focus
Nicole Kirpalani
Trauma-informed spirituality knows better than to promise that prayer will take away all the pain. But it can offer the hope that, even in the midst of pain, there can be moments of feeling whole.
Politics & SocietyNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu telephoned Pope Leo XIV, who urged Israel’s leader to revive negotiations and enact a ceasefire.
FaithNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
Msgr. Carlo Alberto Capella, a former Vatican diplomat who was convicted of distributing and possessing child pornography, was reinstated at the Vatican, a Spanish report says.
FaithScripture Reflections
Molly Cahill
A Reflection for Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Molly Cahill
Politics & SocietyNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
After an early morning attack on the Holy Family Church in Gaza, Pope Leo XIV called for an immediate ceasefire, dialogue and peace in the region.
FaithShort Take
Juan Merced
Something essential is lost when generations remain siloed at church.
FaithFaith in Focus
Myles N. Sheehan
You’ve got a 401K. But do you have a spiritual retirement plan?
Syrian security forces secure the area near St. Joseph Church in the Bab-Sharqi neighborhood of Damascus, Syria June 23, 2025, following the June 22 suicide bombing at Mar Elias Church. (OSV News photo/Firas Makdesi, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyThe Weekly Dispatch
Kevin Clarke
A brief opening to shore up progress toward stability in Syria unfortunately coincides with Trump administration decisions to sharply curtail humanitarian and development assistance and to terminate the U.S. Agency for International Development.
FaithFaith and Reason
Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J.
Well before “public theology” became a watchword, he had set about rethinking the language of faith in the contemporary world—all with typical understatement and modesty.
Parish priest of the Holy Family Parish, Father Gabriel Romanelli, receives medical attention, after he suffered light leg injuries following what initial reports said was an Israeli tank attack on the church, according to initial reports, at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, in this still image taken from a video July 17, 2025. (OSV News/Dawoud Abu Alkas, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews
Judith Sudilovsky - OSV News
In a July 17 telegram, Pope Leo XIV said he was “deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life and injury caused by the military attack on the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza.”
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Thomas J. Reese
Despair is easy for anyone who takes seriously the call to love your neighbor as yourself. But hope can come in two ways.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
A Homily for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein
FaithNews
Gina Christian - OSV News
The majority of survey respondents cited their Marian devotions as having played an important role in the discernment and living of their call to religious life.
A young woman kneels and prays at a pew, looking toward the altar of a Catholic church. (iStock/roman_sh)
FaithShort Take
Kathleen Bonnette
I have questioned the ethical implications of belonging to an institution with so many members sympathetic to MAGA politics. But I can still rediscover the hope of the Eucharist in my parish.
FaithNews
Michael Kelly - OSV News
Amidst the excavation of a former Irish mother-and-baby home, Catholic experts are urging journalists to carefully fact-check their reporting after many prior accounts of the issue have featured erroneous details.
FaithScripture Reflections
Maurice Timothy Reidy
A Reflection for Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Maurice Timothy Reidy
FaithScripture Reflections
Colleen Dulle
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Colleen Dulle
FaithThe Word
July 20, 2025, the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: This Sunday’s Gospel passage introduces a key element: the central role of hospitality.