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FaithScripture Reflections
Stephen McNulty
A Reflection for Thursday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Stephen McNulty
FaithThe Word
Jaime L. Waters
July 24, 2022, the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: The story of Sodom and Gomorrah has been misused to attack and condemn people based on sexual orientation, yet the tradition is rooted in a critique of inhospitality and injustice toward outsiders.
A young woman rests her forehead on her clasped hands
FaithFaith
Mark Hart - Catholic News Service
"Sit in the front," and more methods for engaging your teenagers in the service.
FaithFaith in Focus
Stephen McNulty
It is right and just to feel anger at people like the Parkland shooter. What do we do with that anger, though?
Politics & SocietyVideo
America Video

On July 24–29, 2022, Pope Francis will make a historic visit to Canada, where he will meet with many Indigenous Peoples across the country and issue an in-person apology for the Catholic Church's involvement in the residential school system, which for nearly 200 years waged a cultural war on Canada's Indigenous Peoples.

FaithScripture Reflections
Kevin Clarke
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Kevin Clarke
FaithDispatches
Noga Tarnopolsky
One part of President Joe Biden’s ultra-publicized trip to the Middle East took place in private, away from the eyes of any of the journalists who accompanied him on the five-day visit.
Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
James T. Keane
John Kennedy Toole's only novel was published after his death—but quickly became a classic of American comic fiction.
A picture of the Vatican
FaithNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
The Vatican released a new policy consolidating the investment portfolios of all offices and keeping all current and future investments in line with the social doctrine of the Catholic Church.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Four years after the Holy See and China reached a provisional agreement on the appointment of bishops, Archbishop Paul Gallagher says the results are “not terribly impressive.”
Arts & CultureVantage Point
The Editors
This story has no moral, only a great joy for Mrs. Toole, and a great sadness.
FaithScripture Reflections
Michael J. O’Loughlin
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Michael O’Loughlin
Bill Hader in Season 3 of "Barry" (Merrick Morton/HBO) 
Arts & CultureTelevision
Robert David Sullivan
Watching the same character fall short of redemption, or meaningful contrition, over and over again, dozens of times, is torture.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“We’re getting to a very dangerous situation worldwide,” the Vatican’s secretary for relations with states said, “and it wouldn’t take much to make things even worse” and to arrive at “a world in conflict.”
a crowd of protesters before the Supreme Court hold signs which say "I am the post-roe generation" and "human rights begin in the womb" while the foremost protester shouts into a megaphone
Politics & SocietyNews
Josh Packard - Religion News Service
This moment is an opportunity for trusted adults, and especially faith leaders, to connect with young people and find out how their spirituality is connected to their feelings about Dobbs v. Jackson.
FaithInterviews
Nicholas D. Sawicki
Fra’ John Dunlap is one of the few professed religious of the Order of Malta and is the first North American to lead the Order as the lieutenant of the grand master.
St. Joseph socks (image from Sock Religious)
FaithGoodNews
Patrick Cullinan
Starting with Pope Francis footwear in 2017, Sock Religious now makes and sells products honoring Mother Teresa, St. Ignatius, and all manner of Catholic heroes.
The sign of the Anti-Fake News center is pictured in Bangkok, Thailand, in this Nov. 1, 2019 photo. Pope Francis asked members of Signis, a Catholic communicators association, to educate young people and help them understand how social media "become places of toxicity, hate speech and fake news." (CNS photo/Patpicha Tanakasempipat, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
The pope told Catholic communicators they have an important role to play “through media education, networking Catholic media and countering lies and misinformation.”
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis says he will make “a penitential pilgrimage” to Canada July 24 to embrace and contribute to healing and reconciliation with its Indigenous peoples
FaithScripture Reflections
J.D. Long García
A Reflection for Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by J.D. Long-García