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a student from kolbe academy stands at the front door of the school which has a sign with the school's name on it
FaithFeatures
John W. Miller
Kolbe Academy in Bath, Pa., was the only Catholic recovery school in the United States. It is closing its doors because it could not find enough students like Pete, who said he had hit rock bottom and wanted to get sober.
Does this guy’s job description make more sense than that of the U.S. president? Britain's King Charles III meets members of the Westend Gospel Choir on Nov. 2, 2022. (Isabel Infantes/Pool via AP, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Jeffrey von Arx, S.J.
At one time, the British king and U.S. president had similar roles in their nations. But the British system evolved while the United States still has a president that is too powerful and too difficult to remove.
a scanned image from a newspaper with kids on bikes. father james martin is in the photo as a child
Politics & SocietyFaith in Focus
James Martin, S.J.
The first Earth Day aligned people of all political stripes and cultural backgrounds, because who wouldn't want to conserve the environment and stop air pollution?
Children from The Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville, Tenn., hold hands as they are taken to a reunification site at the Woodmont Baptist Church after a deadly shooting at their school on Monday, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Jonathan Mattise)
Politics & SocietyLast Take
Kevin Hargaden
I was a teenager at the time of the Columbine High School shooting. No one could mistake suburban Dublin for anyone’s utopia, but even then my friends and I could recognize that we might as well live in a different galaxy.
The exterior of the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome is seen in this file photo from the celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi.
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
A “breakdown in communication” led to permission being given to a group of Anglican clergy to celebrate the Eucharist in Rome’s Basilica of St. John Lateran.
A priest in a Roman collar speaks into a mic
FaithNews
Justin McLellan – Catholic News Service
The commission gathered in Rome to reflect on findings from the continental stage of the process leading up to the assemblies of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican in 2023 and 2024.
a young man in shadow sits with his head in his hands in an empty hallway
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
The crisis for teens is both psychological and spiritual, and it demands a response from both mental health and faith communities. How do we make our church again a place of belonging for young people who are hurting?
Woman praying while leaning against brick wall
FaithScripture Reflections
Kaya Oakes
A Reflection for Thursday of the Second Week of Easter, by Kaya Oakes
several people including joe biden walk out of a church building and are greeted by two priests in robes
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and First Lady Jill Biden donated $20,180 to charity in 2022 to 20 charities, including several Catholic parishes.
king charles walks wearing a dark suit with green grass behind him
FaithNews
Gerard O’Connell
At King Charles III's coronation, the Cross of Wales will have two small relics of the True Cross incorporated within it, showing the connection between the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion.
pages of a book formed into a heart shape
FaithFeatures
Simcha Fisher
Marriages between a Catholic and a non-Catholic may be becoming more common, but they are by no means easy, especially with regard to how to raise children.
Supper at Emmaus. Jesus and two disciples sit around the table and share a meal.
FaithThe Word
Victor Cancino, S.J.
April 23, 2023, the Third Sunday of Easter: Those who practice the Examen, a meditative daily habit, may recognize something familiar in the scene that unfolds in this Sunday’s Gospel passage.
a child reaches out to hug pope francis, the child wears a pink and purple striped shirt and is missing most of an arm, pope francis is turned away from the camera to hug her
FaithSpeeches
Pope Francis
Pope Francis continues with his series of general audiences on evangelization: “Today there are persecutions of Christians throughout the world, many, many. There are more martyrs today than in the first times.”
Children's feet in a school
FaithNews
Charles J. Russo
The key question in this case is not whether a charter would help or harm local education, but whether explicitly religious instruction at charter schools is constitutional.
FaithScripture Reflections
Michael Simone, S.J.
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter, by Michael R. Simone, S.J.
Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
Joe Hoover, S.J.
The poetry of Amit Majmudar, whom America has published 10 times in the past few years, moves easily between the mystical and the ordinary, the one rooted in the other.
Election violence in 2018: Soldiers beat a female supporter of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change party of Nelson Chamisa outside the party's headquarters as they await the results of the general elections in August 2018 in Harare, Zimbabwe. (CNS photo/Mike Hutchings, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Marko Phiri
Zimbabwe bishops condemned “heinous violent crimes” after videos circulated of opposition political supporters being attacked by suspected supporters of the ruling Zimababwe African National Union Patriotic Front.
An umbrella positioned below an array of images representing technical distractions
Arts & CultureIdeas
Joe Hoover, S.J.
The best “time maximizing” methods can lead us to a space where God can maximize our souls and inhabit everything we do.
Latino Catholics in black and white shirts hold hands while reciting the Lord's Prayer during Mass inside a church under a circular stained glass window.
FaithNews
Maria-Pia Negro Chin, OSV News
Despite the 24% decline over the last decade, Catholics remain the largest religious group among Latinos in the United States, the Pew report said.
Students eat lunch in the cafeteria at V. H. Lassen Academy of Science and Nutrition in Phoenix on Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Alberto Mariani)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Dwayne David Paul
Catholics should support universal free school meals both because it aids the poor and because it promotes the common good.