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FaithFaith in Focus
Timothy P. O'Malley
I needed my beloved son to teach me once more to gaze with desire upon the Blessed Sacrament, to receive with joy the body and blood of Our Lord.
Arts & CultureFeatures
Jon M. Sweeney
Daniel Hornsby's debut novel, 'Via Negativa,' is the story of a Roman Catholic priest on the road to many destinations, both material and spiritual.
Arts & CultureFeatures
Joshua Hren
Caroline Gordon's 'The Malefactors,' a novel lost to prospective generations of readers, was a classic Catholic tale told by an author of considerable talent.
FaithNews
Pope Francis
Read Pope Francis’ homily at the Chrism Mass: “The Lord always gives us what we ask for, but he does so in his divine way. That way involves the cross.”
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
The early Christian record is not what we should expect from the human weakness to exploit the truth to serve one’s own ends.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
While God the Father did not will the death of the Son, we can still ask why the Father permitted it. The answer lies in the act of our creation.
FaithFaith in Focus
Grant Hartley
Coming to the Catholic Church was not so much a radical departure from everything I had known before; it was a new chapter that allowed me to embrace and build upon it.
FaithFaith in Focus
Christina Leaño
St. Óscar Romero’s words asking us to value our sufferings as Christ did invite me to see my struggles as something I do not need to hide.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Pope Francis
When we go to Mass, we do not go only to pray, no: we go to renew, to bring about again, this mystery, the Paschal mystery.
FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle and Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell discuss Gerry’s wide-ranging interview with Vatican Secretary for Relations with States, Archbishop Paul Gallagher.
FaithNews
Jack Jenkins - Religion News Service
Archbishop John Wester, Bishop John Stowe and other Catholic leaders declared, “We, Bishops, religious and lay leaders of the Roman Catholic Church join with the Human Rights Campaign in calling for an end to the epidemic of violence against transgender individuals.”
FaithNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
The Vatican’s Stations of the Cross will feature texts and drawings from a troop of Italian scouts, two group homes for disadvantaged young people and a parish that serves people who are differently abled, the homeless and survivors of domestic abuse.
An Indigenous man receives the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine from a municipal health worker in the Sustainable Development Reserve of Tupe in Manaus, Brazil, Feb. 9, 2021. (CNS photo/Bruno Kelly, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Eduardo Campos Lima
Covid-19 immunization campaigns must overcome enormous difficulties in reaching remote indigenous groups, isolated riverside communities and the villages of quilombola people, the descendants of African slaves.
FaithFaith in Focus
Quang D. Tran
It has been almost 20 years since I left New Orleans to join the Jesuits, and there are few things I miss more than Holy Week at my home parish.
FaithNews
Adelle Banks - Religion News Service
While 55% of Catholic Republicans think the president’s views on abortion should disqualify him from Communion, 87% of Catholic Democrats disagree, according to a new Pew survey.
Arts & CulturePoetry
Dana Sweeney
I have given up giving up.
Politics & SocietyNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Climate change and environmental destruction are forcing millions from their homes, and Catholics have a responsibility to assist them, Pope Francis wrote.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Nathan Schneider
This latest phase of capitalism has a feeling of déjà vu from its first stage—except rather than speculating on colonial land-grabs and the bodies of slaves, NFTs are making commodities of famous people and GIFs.
FaithNews
Bob Smietana- Associated Press
For the first time since the late 1930s, fewer than half of Americans say they belong to a church, synagogue or mosque, according to a new report from Gallup.
A pharmacist administers the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to a patient in a pharmacy in Paris on March 19, 2021. (CNS photo/Benoit Tessier, Reuters)
FaithShort Take
Brianne Jacobs
A miracle is not something that bends nature but something that, like Christ’s works, manifests God’s power to restore life. The Covid-19 vaccines fit that definition.