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Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
James T. Keane
For more than three decades, Mike Davis has offered clear and often stinging counterpoints to the prevailing vision of the “California Dream.”
Arts & CulturePoetry
Joe Hoover, S.J.
We include fragments of poems that, while not contest finalists, provide one more way for America to shine a light on the ongoing horror in Ukraine.
Arts & CulturePoetry
Lisa Mullenneaux
I begged them: “Keep the money. Just give me the photos of my family.”
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kathryn Jean Lopez
Roe v. Wade isn’t just evil—it is bad law, bad history, bad medicine and bad science. Still, much work remains to be done.
Politics & SocietyNews
Lucien Chauvin - Catholic News Service
It took four tries and 40 years, but a Jesuit-founded school in Belize will soon be a four-year university.
Politics & SocietyNews
Rhina Guidos - Catholic News Service
U.S. Catholic bishops expressed sorrow and called out racism and gun violence after a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York was motivated by racial hatred.
A girl poses for a photo in the living room at her orphanage in Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 10, 2021. Researchers estimate that 7.5 million children have been orphaned during the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of orphaned children jumped 90 percent during delta variant surge. (CNS photo/Jorge Silva, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
Researchers report that pandemic-associated orphanhood and caregiver loss are increasing at an unparalleled speed.
Israeli police confront mourners as they carry the casket of slain Al Jazeera veteran journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during her funeral in east Jerusalem, Friday, May 13, 2022.
Politics & SocietyNews
Laurie Kellman—Associated PressAreej Hazboun - Associated Press
Shireen Abu Akleh—a Palestinian-American, a Catholic and a 25-year veteran of Al Jazeera’s satellite channel—was shot Wednesday while covering an Israeli military raid in the Jenin refugee camp.
FaithSpeeches
Pope Francis
At times, by over-emphasizing our efforts to do good works, we have created an ideal of holiness excessively based on ourselves.
FaithNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
The lives of the saints prove that holiness is not an unreachable goal accomplished by a select few but comes from acknowledging and sharing God’s love, Pope Francis said.
Arts & CultureFilm
Jim McDermott
In “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” Marvel took all the toys that they know the fans want and then smashed them in front of us.
FaithFaith in Focus
Damian J. Ference
The greatest evangelization we can offer is a joyful church.
FaithThe Word
Jaime L. Waters
May 22, 2022, the Sixth Sunday of Easter: In order to receive the Easter peace Jesus gives, we must cooperate with the work of the Spirit.
Arts & CultureBooks
Tom Deignan
In “The Agitators,” Dorothy Wickenden explores 19th-century intersections of class, racism and patriarchy through the lives of the escaped slave Harriet Tubman and the activists Martha Wright and Frances Seward.
Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga in ‘Macbeth’ (photo: Joan Marcus)
Arts & CultureTheater
Rob Weinert-Kendt
Classic plays don’t require updates or new translations to stay fresh, but if they are indeed classics, they can withstand new interpretations.
FaithNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
Speaking at a conference on family, sexuality and marriage, Pope Francis said wanting to go back to the way things were in the past is not Christian.
Volunteers in protective masks giving food to low-income people at a soup kitchen in Buenos Aires, Argentina, during the Covid-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Agustin Marcarian, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Eduardo Campos Lima
“Slum priests” continue to play an important role in many villas in Buenos Aires, helping these marginalized communities organize for social services and reforms.
Arts & CulturePodcasts
Jesuitical
This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley talk about Catholic wisdom from Jane Austen, how a cardinal was arrested in Hong Kong, and what it’s like altar serving as an adult.
Adrian Gunner, representing the Assembly of First Nations, presents Pope Francis with snowshoes made of black ash with caribou sinew and artificial sinew in the Vatican's Clementine Hall April 1, 2022.
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Pope Francis will meet members of Canada’s Indigenous communities in late July, visiting the cities of Edmonton, Quebec, and Iqaluit in Nunavut, the country’s most northern region.
Arts & CultureIdeas
Tinamarie Stolz
As a young(ish), progressive Catholic, finding places where my deep love for tradition and desire for reform coexist peacefully is difficult. Unexpectedly, I found a space for this on TikTok.