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Politics & SocietyOf Many Things
Matt Malone, S.J.
We should always heed the words of the Lord and “be not afraid” to talk about challenging questions and how they affect our faith lives.
Politics & SocietyFaith and Reason
David Carroll Cochran
The best argument against just war theory’s continuing place in Catholic teaching may not be that it is necessarily wrong in theory, but that it misunderstands the realities of war and peace today.
FaithFaith in Focus
J.D. Long García
It is important to recognize and celebrate the history of Latinos in the U.S., especially in the church, where the majority of Catholics under 30 have Latin American roots.
Arts & CultureCulture
Doug GirardotKeara HanlonSarah Vincent
Or at least trying to.
In this Sept. 1, 2021, file photo Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley speaks during a briefing with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
America’s top military chief was scorched by right-wing media outlets after book excerpts depicted a series of pre-emptive moves, not to protect the nation from a new terrorist threat but to save it from its outgoing president.
Arts & CultureShort Take
Jim McDermott
I know what you are thinking—a decadent spectacle of wealth, really, that’s what the church needs right now? But hear me out.
Rocco Buttliere, a LEGO architect from Chicago, kneels proudly next to the Vatican City State replica he created.
Politics & SocietyNews
Peter Finney Jr. - Catholic News Service
Rocco Buttliere cobbled together 67,000 tiny, plastic Lego pieces to create an improbably realistic 3D replica of Vatican City State.
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
Zac DavisAshley McKinless
The hosts of “Jesuitical,” Ashley McKinless and Zac Davis, discuss Pope Francis’ advice to bishops deciding whether or not to deny Communion to politicians who support abortion.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
He said he also told the unvaccinated priests that “they couldn't go into the homes of the sick or the homebound or be in close proximity” to worshippers.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
To see our faith as a calling is to recognize that, whoever we are, we have only just begun to live out our discipleship.
Politics & SocietyNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
“Even in the College of Cardinals, there are some negationists,” Francis said Wednesday, en route home from Slovakia.
Jonathan Goodall, formerly the Anglican bishop of Ebbsfleet, stands (at right) with Pope Benedict XVI and then-Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.
FaithExplainer
Doug Girardot
Why, and how, do high-profile figures in the Church of England make the swim across the Tiber?
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
It was a significant revelation from Pope Francis, coming at a time when a group of bishops in the United States are pushing to deny Communion to pro-choice politicians, including President Joe Biden.
Politics & SocietyNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
Celebrating Mass on the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, the pope encouraged Slovak Catholics to open their hearts to a faith that “identifies with those who are hurting, suffering and forced to bear heavy crosses.”
Bishop John J. Lopes, the keynote speaker at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, pictured in 2016.
Politics & SocietyNews
Kurt Jensen - Catholic News Service
This year’s National Catholic Prayer Breakfast had no political speakers and only a small political contingent in attendance, and there was little mention of an upcoming Supreme Court case involving a Mississippi abortion ban.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
Pope Francis weighed in on the debate about whether politicians should be denied Communion because of their stance on abortion.
John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City (Production Still)
FaithShort Take
Jim McDermott
To have John Mulaney dump his wife, leap into a celebrity romance and become a baby daddy all in a couple months feels like a complete betrayal to many of his fans. Catholics know that feeling well.
Arts & CultureShort Take
Molly Cahill
While Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s attendance attracted predictable outrage from her regular critics, she made the exact splash it seems she intended to make.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The pope’s message on the meaning of the cross resonated with the Greek Catholic community, whose members suffered harsh persecution and were prohibited to exist under Czechoslovakia’s Communist rule from 1948 to 1989.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Agata Sustova Drelova
Women in Roma settlements across Slovakia are gaining agency and bringing about a better future for the next generation.