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St. John Neumann Church, in Reston, Va., is typical of suburban parishes in the United States—many of which are required to maintain large parking areas by local zoning laws. (Addison Del Mastro)
FaithShort Take
Addison Del Mastro
Supersized suburban churches may have no choice but to pour acres of asphalt but there are still ways to use that land more productively.
FaithInterviews
Jesuitical
Biblical models like David and Jonathan, Ruth and Naomi, Jesus and all of the disciples—these are images not marital; they’re not sexual. They’re something else. There’s something beautiful, holy, open to everybody.
FaithDispatches
Peter Feuerherd
Eucharistic adoration—a practice with roots in the medieval church—is now an integral part of ministry to young Catholics.
FaithFaith in Focus
David Inczauskis
If the people are in the streets in protest, then the church has to be in the streets in protest, too.
Politics & SocietyNews
Doreen Abi Raad - Catholic News Service
In the fall, Mar Qardakh School, a kindergarten through ninth grade Catholic institution, will open a high school, the Chesterton Academy of St. Thomas the Apostle, in the northern Iraq city.
‘Peter Pan and Wendy’ by James Matthew Barrie. Lebrecht Music & Arts/Alamy
Arts & CultureIdeas
Elizabeth Grace Matthew
For some young white men with sufficient academic ability to comprehend Peterson’s writing and lectures, it is actually news that the worry-free irresponsibility offered in the seeming safety of Neverland has psychological, emotional and spiritual consequences.
Arts & CultureBooks
Gregory Hillis
There is much within Sohrab Ahmari's new book that can and should speak to all Catholics, traditionalist or otherwise. More troubling from a Catholic perspective are Ahmari’s chapters on politics and on sex.
FaithJesuitical
Jesuitical
This week, Zac and Ashley talk with Eve Tushnet about her recent feature article for America magazine, “Conversion therapy is still happening in Catholic spaces—and its effects on L.G.B.T. people can be devastating”.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The cardinal’s decision comes at a time when there is a major crisis in the other large German diocese of Cologne linked to the abuse scandal and pastoral management of the archdiocese.
Arts & CultureYour Take
Our readers
Summer is coming. What should Pope Francis read?
FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
What we know about the new process: who is involved, what the topics for discussion will be, and whether dioceses from the United States to China can pull off the local listening sessions the Vatican is asking for.
FaithJesuit School Spotlight
Christopher J. Devron, S.J.
And what does Catholic Social Teaching have to say?
FaithShort Take
Thomas J. Reese
A new papal document reforming the Curia will soon be published. I’m sure Pope Francis’ heart is in the right place, but I expect to be disappointed.
FaithNews
Mark Pattison - Catholic News Service
The number is dropping, mirroring trends seen in religious life and the priesthood for the past half-century.
A Radio Chiedza official promotes the would-be community radio station’s mission in Harare, Zimbabwe, in 2016. Photo courtesy of Radio Chiedza.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Marko Phiri
Zimbabwe’s broadcasting authorities promise to liberalize national media, but those concessions have not been extended to religious broadcasters at Catholic dioceses.
Arts & CultureDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Caitlyn Ngo, a student at St. Edmund’s Catholic Academy in Brooklyn, N.Y., was recently crowned the Fifth Grade Grand National Champion in the 2021 Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
If we ourselves cannot hear or see what truly matters, are we the walking dead?
Politics & SocietyNews
Rhina Guidos - Catholic News Service
U.S. bishops came together for the first day of an emergency meeting on immigration at Mundelein Seminary outside of Chicago.
FaithNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
The remains of St. Peter may have been and possibly still could be buried in catacombs under the Mausoleum of St. Helena, according to a paper published recently by three Italian researchers.
Arts & CulturePodcasts
Colleen Dulle
A Pope Francis-inspired summer reading list—if your idea of a beach read is an 700-page plague novel, a dystopian story about the Antichrist or a bizarre spy story beloved by media theorists and quantum physicists!