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Tomorrow, America’s 113th Anniversary Giving Day, you can help celebrate America’s past and present, while securing our future for generations to come.
Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
Was Kelly Cherry a novelist? A poet? An essayist? A literary critic? Depending on one’s point of view, she was one or all of these things.
FaithNews Analysis
Dr. Anthony Fauci shares how his Jesuit education shaped his response to the AIDS crisis—and how others in the church failed to meet the moment.
Politics & SocietyNews
Pope Francis will visit Lebanon in June, the president’s office said Tuesday, in an apparent show of support for the country experiencing an unprecedented economic meltdown.
FaithFaith in Focus
I wish I could say I had some advice on how to do Lent better. But I also wonder if a certain sense of failure during Lent is actually a good thing.
FaithVideo
"What are you giving up for Lent this year?" It's a standard question, but maybe not the best one, as five young Jesuits in formation explain in this video. We hope their insight will help you think deeply about your Lenten practices this year.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
For more than a decade, a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem has suffered noise and damages to homes from excavation work for a “Bible Park,” and residents fear they will be pushed out entirely.
FaithLent Reflections
Many of us rush to confess sins against others, but how many of our sins are really directed at ourselves?
Politics & SocietyNews
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services may soon announce new regulations that would pose an existential threat to religious-based employers including Catholic hospitals.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
By tempering his rhetoric on Ukraine, the pope is protecting his role as a peacemaker. He is also downplaying any conflict between Western Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
FaithNews
Pope Francis has appointed Father Earl K. Fernandes, a former staff member of the apostolic nunciature in Washington and currently a Cincinnati pastor, to head the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Bishop Howard Hubbard admitted that he consistently transferred abusive priests without informing local police, families of abuse victims, or Catholics in parishes where the men were reassigned.
FaithVatican Dispatch
It had been rumored for some time that Pope Francis would appoint the internationally well-known and much-liked Ghanaian cardinal to another high-level position in the Holy See.
FaithShort Take
When talking about gun control policies, we must center our conversation around the sanctity of human life.
FaithLent Reflections
A Reflection for the Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent, by Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Answering a question from America's Vatican correspondent, Pope Francis indicated he has not spoken directly to President Putin since the war started.
FaithNews
Malta and its people must remember the country’s roots as the center of spirituality and welcome, especially to those most in need, Pope Francis told leaders of the Mediterranean nation.
FaithThe Word
Apr. 10, 2022, Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion: How does Jesus respond to injustice, violence and ignorance?
FaithVatican Dispatch
Francis has long desired to visit Malta where, according to the Acts of the Apostles, St. Paul was shipwrecked in 60 A.D. while en route to Rome, where he had asked to be judged.