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Arts & CultureBooks
Renée Darline Roden
In his analysis of Western theological education, Willie James Jennings argues for an institution that does not replicate structures of exclusion or division, but rather reflects the image of the body of Christ.
FaithFaith in Focus
Rebecca Bratten Weiss
If the world is going to wait for all of us to become perfect before we can find solutions to social evils, the world will have to wait for a long time.
Death is there from the very beginning of ‘The Sopranos,’ and it’s telling you something (photo: Alamy).
Arts & CultureTelevision
Simcha Fisher
‘The Sopranos’ is ultimately about the day when Tony Soprano will not wake up.
Politics & SocietyNews
Alejandra Molina - Religion News Service
Students and alumni at Loyola Marymount University are railing against a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood that a student group is hosting on Friday, Nov. 5.
FaithJesuitical
Jesuitical
You might know Ross Douthat as the token conservative at The New York Times, or the Catholic critic of Pope Francis. But in his new book, The Deep Places, you’ll see a different side of the author.
Theresa Wilson Favors, former director of the Office of Black Catholic Ministries for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, carries a portrait of Sister Thea Bowman.
Politics & SocietyNews
Priscila González de Doran - Catholic News Service
A grassroots movement is calling on the church to move forward with the sainthood causes of six African-American Catholics.
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
The Catholic Church must proclaim Jesus Christ “boldly” in the face of new secular movements that promote “social justice,” and “wokeness” as the answer to all of society’s ills, Archbishop José H. Gomez said.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Sarah Vincent
In his tenure as new executive director of the Catholic Climate Covenant, Jose Aguto looks to inspire other Catholics to enact climate action to be better stewards of the earth and its most vulnerable people.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The Vatican issued a statement insisting that it is “absolutely necessary to reactivate direct dialogue” between Israelis and Palestinians “to achieve a two-state solution.”
A woman presents herself for Communion during a March 8, 2020, Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Atlanta. (CNS photo/Christopher Aluka Berry, Reuters)
FaithShort Take
Timothy P. O'Malley
Denying Communion to Joe Biden will not get Catholics back in the pews — or bring together a church whose members are sometimes more likely to bend the knee to an elephant or donkey than to the eucharistic Lord.
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Pope Francis has appointed Sister Raffaella Petrini, an Italian member of the U.S.-based Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist, to be secretary-general of the office governing Vatican City State.
Politics & SocietyNews
Julie Asher - Catholic News Service
The proposed Build Back Better Act has much-needed provisions “uplifting the common good,” but unacceptably “expands taxpayer funding of abortion,” the chairmen of six U.S.C.C.B. committees said.
Cardinal Joseph Bernardin speaks with reporters on the steps of his Chicago residence just before his departure for Rome to meet with Pope John Paul II, Sept. 23, 1996.
FaithShort Take
Steven P. Millies
On this 25th anniversary of Cardinal Joseph Bernardin’s death, we can look back to him for guidance as we try to find a way out of the hostility toward dialogue we have been trapped in since the 1990s.
FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle and veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell unpack Pope Francis’ message to the leaders at COP26 and how the pope understands his role in the climate movement.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
Jesus does not draw attention to the widow and her “two small coins” because he wants you to do some good work or to donate a certain percentage of your resources.
FaithFaith in Focus
Robert McCarthy
Although I did not emerge victorious in the race for legislator in Nassau County’s 14th District, I did learn some valuable lessons about my country and my own beliefs along the way.
FaithPodcasts
Gloria Purvis
Gloria Purvis: You are not alone in your bad experience in confession, and you can do something to heal from that trial.
Pope Francis delivers his talk during his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Nov. 3, 2021.
FaithSpeeches
Pope Francis
“How easy it is to criticize others!” Pope Francis said at his Nov. 3 general audience. “But there are people who seem to have a degree in gossip. Each and every day they criticize others.”
FaithNews
Colleen Dulle
Pope Francis has asked the world to join him in praying for people with depression for the month of November, drawing a connection between depression, overwork and burnout.
FaithFaith in Focus
Benjamin Ivry
“Please have no leniency on me,” Sister Rice once said at trial. ”To remain in prison for the rest of my life would be the greatest honor you could give me.”