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Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
James T. Keane
Sinéad O’Connor's provocative appearance on 'Saturday Night Live' 30 years ago drew cries of outrage. But was some of her anger justified?
The opening session of the Second Vatican Council in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 11, 1962. (CNS photo/Giancarlo Giuliani, Catholic Press Photo), with the original sketch of Pope John XXIII superimposed on the right.
FaithVantage Point
Francis X. Murphy, C.Ss.R.
As good theologians, those in attendance at the council will be impelled to get to the heart of the principal problems bothering Catholics and non-Catholics alike in the modern world.
A black and white photo of priests and laymen sitting in St. Peter's Basilica
FaithFaith
Catholic News Service
Catholics must be careful, he said, because “both the ‘progressivism’ that lines up behind the world and the ‘traditionalism’ that longs for a bygone world are not evidence of love, but of infidelity,” the pope said.
Cate Blanchett in ‘Tár’ (Focus Features)
Arts & CultureFilm
John Anderson
“Tár” is about power, guilt and the always tantalizing question of whether the art can or should absolve the artist for being who she is.
jack phillips sits in his cake shop decorating a white cake, he is wearing a black shirt and has cakes on the table behind him
Politics & SocietyNews
Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service
Colorado baker Jack Phillips is currently fighting a ruling that he violated the state’s anti-discrimination law for refusing to bake a cake to celebrate a gender transition.
FaithScripture Reflections
Ashley McKinless
A Reflection for the Optional Memorial of Saint John XXIII, by Ashley McKinless
FaithScripture Reflections
Joe Hoover, S.J.
A Reflection for Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
FaithScripture Reflections
Sebastian Gomes
A Reflection for Saturday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time, by Sebastian Gomes
FaithThe Word
Jaime L. Waters
Oct. 16, 2022, the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time: In the face of corrupt leadership, the woman is unceasing in her fight for justice, and we must be the same.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kevin Clarke
How many of us know real-world cheaters who have just plain gotten ahead, not despite their short-cutting but because of it?
A man with a trucker hat helps move a tree into a pickup truck
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Christopher Parker
Four years later, Father Nixon and the St. Dominic’s community are still picking up the pieces after Hurricane Michael.
Arts & CultureBooks
Paul Lakeland
While a new book of letters between Jack Miles and Mark C. Taylor uses the early months of the pandemic as the background and occasion for their letters, the friendship they display is vastly more interesting.
FaithExplainer
Jim McDermott
As you might imagine, there has been a lot of investigation into how exactly a Ouija board works. How is it possible that you can place your fingers on a little plastic planchette and have it start moving at all?
Arts & CulturePodcasts
Jesuitical
This week on Jesuitical, Ashley and Zac are joined by Father Thomas Joseph White, O.P., of the all-Dominican bluegrass group, The Hillbilly Thomists.
a pregnant woman stands behind a cash register counter that has a sign reading closed in front of it
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jill Rice
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act has yet to pass in the Senate, even though it has broad support from Democrats, Republicans, the USCCB and even the Chamber of Commerce.
A woman reacts after identifying the body of a loved one at Sri Uthai temple in Na Klang, Thailand.
Politics & SocietyNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
In a message sent Oct. 7 by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, the pope offered prayers for the victims “of the horrific attack” that claimed the lives of 36 people, including at least 24 children, Oct. 6.
The company of Roundabout Theatre Company's “1776” (photo by Joan Marcus)
Arts & CultureTheater
Rob Weinert-Kendt
While Lin-Manuel Miranda’s popular Founding Fathers remix was built for performers of color, “1776” has been retrofitted onto this troupe of talented women.
Arts & CultureFilm
Jim McDermott
What is most endearing about “Hocus Pocus 2” is the way that it brings to the fore an aspect of the original film that you don’t often see portrayed today: sisterhood.
FaithInterviews
Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
America interviewed Father Holt at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, to learn a little more about his life and journey to the priesthood and his secrets to living a fulfilling and happy life.
FaithScripture Reflections
Jill Rice
A Reflection for the Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary, by Jill Rice