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colorful icons of a hummingbird, monarch butteryfly and bee
FaithFaith in Focus
Jim McDermott
Artist Angela Manno creates Byzantine Russian-style icons of threatened and endangered plant and animal species. And they are really extraordinary.
a sculpture with a lot of people, immigrants and people of color, with scared or hopeful faces; an angel's wings peak up in the midst of them
FaithArt
Christopher Parker
Catholic sculptor Timothy Schmalz has designed the most recent sculpture in the Vatican—the first there since the 1600s—and his many other works similarly show marginalized peoples in the church.
A Louisiana politician speaks into a mic, identified as Greg Guidry
FaithNews
Jim Mustian - Associated Press
A federal judge donated tens of thousands of dollars to New Orleans’ Roman Catholic archdiocese and consistently ruled in favor of the church amid a contentious bankruptcy involving nearly 500 clergy sex abuse victims.
Politics & SocietyPodcasts
Jesuitical
This week on Jesuitical, Zac and Ashley talk to Dorothy Fortenberry, a producer and screenwriter for “Extrapolations,” a new show from Apple TV+ that aims to shake us from our climate change complacency.
pietro orlandi wears a leather jacket and stands on a street with his lawyer laura sgro who wears a brown jacket and glasses
FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
In this week's episode of Inside the Vatican, Ricardo and Gerry discuss the "Vatican Girl" case after Pope Francis defended Pope John Paul II, and the resignation of Hans Zollner, S.J.
donald trump stands in front of a pro life sign speaking at the march for life in 2020
Politics & SocietyNews
Kate Scanlon - OSV News
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America pushed back against a statement by Donald Trump, saying instead that “Life is a matter of human rights, not states’ rights.”
FaithScripture Reflections
Ashley McKinless
A Reflection for the Friday of the Second Week of Easter by Ashley McKinless
The Rev. Luis Melquiades Suazo, pastor of St. Anthony of Padua parish in the nearby municipality of San Antonio del Norte, visits Mercedes De Oriente.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
Subsistence farmers affected by drought will have to make it to the United States to feed their families and save their farms or cattle. Their departure leaves a gaping hole in families and the community.
Capitol building in red and blue
FaithYour Take
Our readers
Readers respond to Father Sam Sawyer's article about how St. Ignatius' ideas could offer a way out of current ecclesial, cultural and political polarization.
Arts & CulturePoetry
Alfonso Sasieta
Rewrite God’s poems until the mob in us froths at the mouth.
Arts & CulturePoetry
Josh Dugat
What is it you cannot stand to live with any longer? Toss it in
FaithFaith and Reason
Aaron Pidel
When we speak of the 'hierarchy of truths' in Catholic theology, we need to remember that we are teaching both the essentials—and the entirety—of the faith.
Arts & CultureBooks
John-Paul Heil
In his new book, 'The Need to Be Whole,' Wendell Berry strives to give a glimpse of the undivided foundation that underpins all he has ever tried to think and say.
Arts & CultureBooks
Isaac Fitzgerald’s collection of essays Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional isn’t a Catholic memoir. Except when it is.
Arts & CultureBooks
Todd C. Ream
The central concern of the Rev. James Heft in his new book is not only how “to preserve the continuity of the Catholic intellectual tradition, but also recognize how it might be adapted.”
Arts & CultureBooks
Diane Scharper
Shehan Karunatilaka's new novel echoes elements of several all-time classics, including 'The Divine Comedy,' 'Alice in Wonderland' and almost everything by Kurt Vonnegut, whose voice and vision can be felt throughout.
Arts & CultureBooks
James T. Keane
In 'Our Hearts Are Restless: The Art of Spiritual Memoir,' Richard Lischer explores classics of "an intimate genre, perhaps the most intimate.”
A smiling Willie Nelson playing his guitar Trigger at a recent concert.
Arts & CultureMusic
Kaya Oakes
Willie Nelson might not be the first person who comes to mind when you think of a “Christian musician.” But he has long talked about his admiration for the teachings of Jesus.
candles sit in front of a stained glass window with light streaming through it
FaithFaith in Focus
Paul Ginnetty
We ended the day of my mother’s funeral looking forward to the new life ahead of us. No better tribute could be offered to such a selfless and sacrificial woman.
Teen girl sits alone in a church looking through a stained glass window
FaithFaith in Focus
Sherry Antonetti
I hope their belief will deepen. And I hope that my fellow Catholics in the pews will demonstrate that the wider church wants them there too.