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FaithSpeeches
Pope Francis
How is it possible that God uses a sinner, a frail and weak person, to do His will? Everything has been prepared in God’s plan.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
There is the faith that we profess, and then there is the experience of faith by which we believe. One is a list of notions. The other is an encounter with a person.
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
Colleen Dulle
The pope said business leaders should shift their focus to production, creating jobs and “investing in the common good, not hiding money in tax havens.”
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
Forgiveness and healing can begin only after the most difficult part is addressed: confronting the past, speaking the truth, revealing the worst.
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
The parish council at the Jesuit-run Holy Trinity Catholic Church released a statement saying that the church “will not deny the Eucharist to persons presenting themselves to receive it.”
A man receives ashes during Ash Wednesday Mass inside the Church of the Assumption in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 26, 2020. In separate homilies this year, Catholic bishops advised the citizens to use Lent to pray for peace and stability in Nigeria. (CNS photo/Nyancho NwaNri, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kay Ugwuede
The United States is not the only nation struggling with the problem of outspoken priests becoming entangled with the partisan politics of the day.
FaithPodcasts
Gloria Purvis
It is important to engage in conversations about complex and even controversial subjects using our faith and intellect.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“Only a free church is a credible church,” Pope Francis declared in his homily on June 29, the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul.
FaithNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
Pope Francis congratulated retired Pope Benedict XVI on the 70th anniversary of his priestly ordination.
In this April 23, 2021, file photo, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland speaks during a news briefing at the White House in Washington. On Tuesday, June 22, 2021, Haaland and other federal officials are expected to announce steps that the federal government plans to take to reconcile the legacy of boarding school policies on Indigenous families and communities across the U.S. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Politics & SocietyNews
Kevin Clarke
“We are deeply saddened by the information coming out of two former residential boarding school sites in Canada,” Chieko Noguchi, the spokesperson of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said.
Pope Francis stands apart from U.S. political factions. (CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters)
FaithShort Take
James T. Keane
Both political parties keep trying to claim Pope Francis but anyone who pays close attention knows that the pope transcends the ideologies of the moment in the United States.
Pope Francis exchanges gifts with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during an audience at the Vatican June 28, 2021. Blinken presented a sculpture to the pope of a dove holding an olive branch. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Vatican sources said that during the meeting they “touched on all the hot button issues, including the situation in the Middle East, the Holy Land and China.”
Politics & SocietyNews
Tom Tracy - Catholic News Service
“I have worked hurricanes, but nothing like this: It is just a look of sadness you see on everyone’s face. It is heartbreaking.”
FaithFaith in Focus
Tinamarie Stolz
How could I express that no matter what, the Eucharist unceasingly calls me back home to the Catholic faith? That’s why this document on the Eucharist from the U.S. bishops shakes me.
Pope Francis greets Jesuit Father James Martin, author and editor at large of America magazine, during a private meeting at the Vatican Oct. 1, 2019. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
FaithDispatches
Gerard O’Connell
On the eve of the Outreach 2021 L.G.B.T. conference, Father Martin received a handwritten personal letter in Spanish from Francis, expressing his support.
A woman wearing a protective masks pushes a cart past damaged buildings in Beirut Jan. 26, 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic. More than half of the population of Lebanon lives in poverty. (CNS photo/Mohamed Azakir, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“The Holy See fears the collapse of the country,” Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican’s secretary for relations with states, stated frankly.
Simon Cowell and Jane Marczewski on “America’s Got Talent” (photo: Trae Patton NBC)
Arts & CultureMusic
Mary Grace Mangano
Nightbirde recognizes the habit of trying to fix things on one’s own. She sings, “Don’t know why I take the tightrope and cry when I fall.”
Photo: Film Forum
Arts & CultureFilm
John Anderson
‘Lourdes’ is a film of dignity, charity and profundity—one in which hope is made palpable.
FaithFaith in Focus
John T. Grosso
As we thought about the future of the church, I couldn’t help but look at the situation on Catholic social media at that very moment.
Arts & CultureFilm
Patricia Lawler Kenet
“Rebel Hearts” is an immensely satisfying experience for the viewer, especially for anyone who has chafed against the church’s powerful male hierarchy, but still yearned for belonging in its fold.