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Five artists of The Royal Ballet in Wayne McGregor’s “The Dante Project” hold up another dancer above them under blue stage lights.
Arts & CultureTheater
Randy Boyagoda
In making the poem into a ballet with original music, much has been gained, both for the significance of the new ballet and for a fresh appreciation and engagement with its source.
“To Kill a Mockingbird,” “Assassins” and “The Lehman Trilogy” offer challenging explorations into the idea of being an American (photos by Julieta Cervantes and Mark Douet).
Arts & CultureTheater
Jim McDermott
Seeing these shows, I was reminded of Dickens’s famous ghosts, warning us about where we have been, where we are and where, if we’re not careful, we may be headed.
FaithFaith in Focus
James Martin, S.J.
A hint from Father James Martin: Start with just 15 minutes a day.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
A Reflection for the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God.
FaithFaith in Focus
Jim McDermott
Worst. Christmas. Ever.
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
A retired priest of the Diocese of Arlington, who for seven years oversaw the diocese’s program on protecting minors from clerical sexual abuse, was indicted shortly before Christmas on two counts of sexually abusing a minor.
FaithNews Analysis
Doug GirardotSarah VincentJames T. Keane
In a year filled with good news and bad, more than a few Catholics stood out in the crowd (for better or for worse).
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
St. Matthew’s story of the Magi is the opposite of “Romeo and Juliet”: Heaven finds means to kill our hate with love.
Arts & CultureBooks
Stephen Werner
Sixty years after the publication of ‘Black Like Me,’ John Howard Griffin's book can still be part of much-needed discussions of race for many white Americans who remain unaware of racism's ongoing effects.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The pope, who celebrated his 85th birthday on Dec. 17, is not planning to slow down — and there appears to be no resignation or conclave on the horizon.
FaithFaith in Focus
Molly CahillAshley McKinless
Ready or not, the new year is here — and with it our annual opportunity to take stock and set goals, with a little help from Pope Francis.
Politics & SocietyMedia
Robert David Sullivan
Covid-19, the 2020 election and racial justice remained hot topics in 2021. But the past year also brought new debates within the Catholic Church, including over the Latin Mass.
Politics & SocietyNews
Claire Giangravé - Associated Press
The documentary, based on Francis’ 2018 book “Sharing the Wisdom of Time,” addresses fundamental lessons to be learned through the experiences of the elderly: love, dreams, struggle and work.
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
Pope Francis has dismissed from the priesthood Robert McWilliams, a Cleveland man who is serving a life sentence in prison for sexually exploiting children.
Tony Annett says Catholic social teaching offers “a middle road people can agree on between the twin rocks of shipwreck, communism and libertarianism” (photo: AP/CNS/America).
Politics & SocietyThe Moral Economy
John W. Miller
I spent the past year writing about the economy through the lens of Catholic social teaching. Here’s what I learned.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Anthony Egan, S.J.
The South African human rights campaigner and Anglican clergyman was known throughout the world for his human rights accomplishments. But above all, he was a committed priest and person of deep prayer.
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
The new policy instructs priests who currently celebrate a form of the Mass, sometimes called the Latin Mass or Tridentine Mass, which was supplanted with the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, to request permission from the archbishop if they wish to continue using the extraordinary form.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
In his letter to families, like in “Amoris Laetitia,” Pope Francis paid tribute to the strength and tenacity of couples as they face real difficulties together on the journey of life.
FaithAdvent Reflections
Matt Malone, S.J.
Can we allow this truth, this person named Jesus—this God for whom love alone is credible—to truly possess our hearts in the year ahead?
FaithVatican Dispatch
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
“The Word became flesh in order to dialogue with us,” he insisted. “God does not desire to carry on a monologue, but a dialogue. For God himself—Father, Son and Holy Spirit—is dialogue, an eternal and infinite communion of love and life.”