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A man rides a motorcycle past debris from destroyed buildings in Samandag, southern Turkey, on Feb. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Clotilde Bigot
Long before the earthquakes in February, the viability of the Christian community in Samandag had been under cultural and economic threat. Many from the city’s minority Christian community had already departed, seeking economic or educational opportunities elsewhere.
A crowd faces the altar of a church
FaithNews
Gina Christian - OSV News
A Catholic university in Ohio is making alternate arrangements for students to attend what is commonly called the “traditional Latin Mass,” after the local bishop implemented recently issued restrictions from the Vatican.
Politics & SocietyPodcasts
The Gloria Purvis Podcast
Elizabeth Sweeny Block and Abigail Favale are two Catholic scholars who have modeled civil debate around sex and gender in the pages of America and do so again this week on “The Gloria Purvis Podcast.”
FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
How does Pope Francis understand what he’s doing? We could argue that these past 10 years have been a journey of reception and implementation of Vatican II.
Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
James T. Keane
America isn't always great about sports coverage—but college basketball has been an exception, particularly when it comes to March Madness.
FaithFaith and Reason
Jon Nilson
“Top-down” ecumenism has not reduced the distance between the Catholic church and other churches. We need grassroots ecumenical relationships now.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis has renewed the Council of Cardinal Advisors that he first established soon after his election on March 13, 2013, to assist him in the governance of the universal church.
FaithNews
Damien Fisher - OSV News
Theodore McCarrick, whose attorneys have argued he should not stand trial due to “progressive and irreparable cognitive deficits,” recalled the name of the man he allegedly sexually abused as a child, although he denied the sexual assaults.
Praying hands
FaithScripture Reflections
J.D. Long García
A Reflection for the Optional Memorial of Sts. Perpetua and Felicity, by J.D. Long-García
Politics & SocietyNews
Monika Scislowska - Associated Press
According to a TV report from a Polish channel, John Paul II knew about priests who sexually abused children in his archdiocese of Krakow in the 1970s.
Ukrainian military medics treat their wounded comrade at the field hospital near Bakhmut, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
Father Zelinskyy’s message to Fordham’s ROTC cadets and to U.S. Army chaplains was simple: Fight for the truth to be known about the war in Ukraine.
FaithNews
Paulina Guzik - OSV News
“The Society of Jesus is a mixed reality as the whole church is,” Father Zollner said, when asked about the lack of transparency in the Father Rupnik case. “We are not better at this. And it has been proven now, in the eyes of everybody, again.”
FaithFaith and Reason
Chad Engelland
One of the more remarkable things in a pontificate full of surprises is the fact that Pope Benedict XVI's major writings involved a significant engagement with the thought of Friedrich Nietzsche.
three people sit at a green-table-clothed table with fish sandwiches in front of them, smiling and talking
FaithNews
Ted Anthony - Associated Press
The Lenten fish fry, a staple of many parishes and fire departments alike, has made its way into the digital age with an interactive map for the Western Pennsylvania region.
Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez places the Book of Gospels on the casket of Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David G. O'Connell during his funeral Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels March 3, 2023.
FaithNews
Tom HoffrathMike CisnerosPablo Kay - OSV News
Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell was remembered as a man “gripped by grace” as nearly 5,000 attended a funeral Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels March 3.
FaithScripture Reflections
Jim McDermott
A Reflection for Monday of the Second Week in Lent, by Jim McDermott, S.J.
FaithScripture Reflections
Christopher Parker
A Reflection for Saturday of the First Week of Lent, by Christopher Parker
A man in a Roman collar bows his head in prayer
FaithNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
Jesuit Father Hans Zollner will be a consultant for the Diocese of Rome’s office dedicated to safeguarding minors and vulnerable people.
paul haring stands in front of a building in rome with a camera
FaithInterviews
Christopher Parker
Meet Paul Haring, the CNS photographer who covered the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and the election of Francis, numerous international papal trips and the daily action of Vatican life for over a decade.
A confessional at a Catholic church
FaithScripture Reflections
Jill Rice
A Reflection for Friday of the First Week of Lent, by Jill Rice