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Politics & SocietyOf Many Things
Matt Malone, S.J.
The War in Afghanistan was waged in the name of every American. At the very least, we should ask how it has (or hasn’t) affected us.
FaithNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
“Please; to be with Jesus is to be joyful, it is also to have the capacity that holiness gives us to have this sense of humor.”
FaithNews
Todd Richmond – Associated Press
Cardinal Raymond Burke, one of the Catholic Church’s most outspoken critics of Pope Francis and a vaccine skeptic, said he has COVID-19 and his staff said he is breathing through a ventilator.
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
Numerous organizations, including Catholic agencies, are accepting donations to assist with their emergency response to the Haiti earthquake.
A Taliban fighter sits on the back of a vehicle with a machine gun in front of the main gate leading to the Afghan presidential palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan
FaithNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
“I join in the unanimous concern for the situation in Afghanistan. I ask all of you to pray with me to the God of peace, so that the clamor of weapons might cease and solutions can be found at the table of dialogue.”
Arts & CultureBooks
Alex Taylor
A journey into the fictional worlds of Joshua Hren in his 'In The Wine Press' invites us to consider the character of our own grief and suffering.
Politics & SocietyNews
Alejandra Molina - Religion News Service
San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy has sent a letter saying there is no basis in Catholic teaching to offer a religious exemption for COVID-19 vaccinations.
Politics & SocietyNews
Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service
The Supreme Court announced Aug. 12 that it will not hear an appeal from a group of students at Indiana University who are opposed to the university’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate.
FaithFaith in Focus
Grace Doerfler
I want to belong to a church that is willing to see my L.G.B.T.Q. siblings and me as just like straight and cisgender Catholics in our striving to follow Jesus. Can Catholic church leaders stand in my shoes?
Jonathan Roumie, right, plays Jesus in ‘The Chosen’ (photo: Angel Studios).
Arts & CultureTelevision
Nathan Schneider
Jonathan Roumie’s Jesus has fearsome power to open the Scriptures to us and the women and men who follow him are people in whom we can find traces of ourselves. It helps me love the Lord like I never have before.
FaithFaith in Focus
Patricia Lawler Kenet
I am told that at the last moment, my mother sat up, looked towards heaven and fell back to her pillow. I chose to believe Mary came to her, took her and is with her still.
Arts & CultureFilm
John Anderson
If only the priest would turn his back on members of the congregation, the movie’s logic goes, and recite the liturgy in a language they don’t understand, the pews would be full and the seminaries overflowing.
FaithOf Many Things
Matt Malone, S.J.
I am awestruck by the beauty of the Eucharist wherever I encounter it. That’s a big reason why the so-called liturgy wars bore me.
FaithExplainer
Colleen Dulle
The three women join a prestigious group of around 80 scientists in all who are members of the Academy, 20 others of whom are also Nobel laureates.
FaithNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
While the Holy See continues to dialogue with the Chinese government, the church is proud of Catholics who have held on to their faith in the country, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.
Arts & CultureIdeas
James T. Keane
It’s time to bust out that old glove—the one you rubbed with neatsfoot oil and wrapped a rubber band around as a kid—and make sure there’s a hanky or two nearby: “Field of Dreams” is back!
Jürgen Klopp, coach of the Liverpool Football Club, at the team’s trophy parade after winning the Champions League in 2019. (Pete, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
David Carroll Cochran
Liverpool F.C. is the most Catholic team in the most Catholic sport.
Arts & CultureIdeas
Renée Darline Roden
Could the singer responsible for making Catholic schoolgirl uniforms a Halloween costume-party staple now herself be Catholic?
FaithShort Take
Jim McDermott
At some point you begin to wonder whether there is anyone in leadership who we can count on for decency, or whether every single one is just one whistleblower away from being outed as another Cuomo.
Politics & SocietyInterviews
Kevin Clarke
Mary Haddad, R.S.M., the C.E.O. and president of the Catholic Health Association, agrees that more must be done now to halt the advance of the Delta variant.