The legend of ‘The Pope’s Gorilla’: Archbishop Paul Marcinkus
By the late 1970s, Archbishop Paul Marcinkus was considered one of the most powerful figures in the Vatican—and certainly one of its most controversial.
High-ranking Catholic bishops call for Trump to apologize over racist video of Obamas
Two more Catholic bishops issued statements objecting to a video posted on President Donald Trump’s Truth Social account late at night Feb. 5 that depicted former first couple President Barack and Michelle Obama as apes.
The flaws of Christian Zionism
Using biblical texts formulated millennia ago to justify the dispossession of the Palestinian people today is problematic for many reasons.
Jesus doesn’t want religious posturing
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, by Sebastian Gomes
Catholic member of Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission sparks tense exchange over antisemitism and Israel
Commissioner Carrie Prejean Boller, a former Miss California USA and a Catholic, began a tense exchange with witnesses by asking if “speaking out about what many Americans view as a genocide in Gaza should be treated as antisemitic?”
The good Samaritan’s lessons for Catholic health care on World Day of the Sick
The Catholic Church is the largest unified provider of health care in the world, giving us our best opportunity to relieve suffering and improve lives.
The Moral Resistance to Trump’s Politics of Rage
As the Trump administration demeans American life and liberty, immigration and pro-life activists provide a light in the darkness.
Anne Lamott on the names we use for God
In our conversation on “The Spiritual Life” podcast, Anne Lamott, one of my favorite spiritual writers, points out that sometimes even the names we use for God need to be refreshed. For some people, the word “God” carries a tremendous amount of baggage because of what they have been told about God.
Sibling saints: What we can learn from Benedict and Scholastica
A Reflection for Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, by Brigid McCabe
Catholic preaching in a traumatized Minnesota
Award-winning author, Laura Kelly Fanucci, joins host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., to share what she has been preaching on her Instagram account @thismessygrace since U.S. federal immigration agents fatal shooting of Renee Good, and later, Alex Pretti.
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