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Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“If you talk today with the widows who have lost their husbands, and mothers who have lost their sons, you will understand why Russia did not succeed.”
FaithCatholic Movie Club
John Dougherty
A conversation with Phadadria M. Randall, L.C.S.W., on “Inside Man” (2006) for Black for History Month.
The movie poster from the film Deliver Us featuring a woman bathing in an icy body of water in an opening in the shape of a cross
Arts & CultureFilm
Erik VanBezooijen
“Deliver Us” uses the Christian theme of apocalypse to explore the painfully timely issue of climate crisis.
Arts & CultureInterviews
Rob Weinert-Kendt
In an interview with Rob Weinert-Kendt, the playwright John Patrick Shanley discusses the continued resonance of ‘Doubt.‘
FaithFaith in Focus
Valerie Schultz
I understand that yoga can be a controversial practice. But for many of us older people, it helps us pay attention to our bodies and our minds, to the way they can work together for our health and well-being.
Politics & SocietyPodcasts
Jesuitical
This week on Jesuitical, Zac and Ashley welcome Meg Kissinger, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence.
A hospice nurse (seated in a chair) cradles the hands of an elderly male hospice patient (sitting in a bed). (iStock)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Michael D. Connelly
Physician-assisted suicide can seem like an easy fix to a health care system reluctant to deal with end-of-life issues. But there are other options, including hospice care, that patients deserve to know about.
FaithShort Take
Maggie Phillips
We risk missing the lessons of Alexei Navalny’s death for his principles if we ignore his very Christian understanding of suffering.
FaithExplainer
Delaney Coyne
You’ve probably seen the little cardboard boxes that pop up in classrooms, dining rooms and churches during Lent. But do you know the history of C.R.S.’s Operation Rice Bowl?
The destroyed St. Matthew Church is pictured in Myanmar's eastern Kayah State in Daw Ngay Ku village on June 27, 2022. The church was reportedly blown up by landmines and torched by Myanmar’s military junta. (CNS photo/courtesy Amnesty International)
Politics & SocietyThe Weekly Dispatch
Kevin Clarke
Myanmar’s church has found a powerful new voice in Bishop Shwe, who has joined his flock among the ranks of the nation’s displaced people.
FaithScripture Reflections
Michael Simone, S.J.
A Reflection for Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent, by Michael Simone, S.J.
FaithScripture Reflections
Sebastian Gomes
A Reflection for Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent, by Sebastian Gomes
FaithNews
Religion News Service
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued a volunteer-run network of Catholic migrant shelters based in El Paso, Texas, aiming to revoke the organization’s nonprofit registration.
Politics & SocietyNews
Kate Scanlon - OSV News
An Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos qualify as children under state law has raised complex legal questions about artificial reproductive practices opposed by the Catholic Church.
FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
Austen Ivereigh joins host Colleen Dulle to discuss his latest book, First Belong to God: On Retreat with Pope Francis.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
A Homily for the Second Sunday of Lent, by Father Terrance Klein
FaithShort Take
Brian Doyle
The greatest gift the church can give to our youth is to better serve their parents. This would begin with listening to us.
FaithNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
Gloria Branciani, one of the first women who accused Rev. Marko Rupnik of both sexual and spiritual abuse, demanded transparency from the Vatican in a press conference on Wednesday.
Pope Francis meets relatives of hostages taken from Israel by Hamas militants in his residence at the Vatican on Nov. 22, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
FaithShort Take
David Neuhaus, S.J.Guy Alaluf
One might criticize Pope Francis' statements about the war in Gaza, but they should not be confused with the question of the Catholic Church’s relationship with the Jewish people.
FaithNews
Julie Asher - OSV News
Despite the irreverent “homecoming” funeral for actor and author Cecilia Gentili not going as planned, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said he believes the “cathedral acted extraordinarily well.”