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FaithNews
Justin McLellan – Catholic News Service
At a conference on the Future of theology, the pope stressed the need to expand the role of women in academic theology: “There are things that only women understand, and theology needs their contribution.”
FaithFaith
Connor Hartigan
My favorite carols are often among the least known.
FaithFeatures
Jason Blakely
From Nietzsche and Heidegger to Charles Taylor, Dostoevsky and the Gospels, one believer's journey to faith.
FaithNews
Caroline De Sury — OSV News
Chilling rain and the “City of Lights” completely locked down due to high profile guests did not stop the crowds from arriving as close to Notre Dame Cathedral as possible for its inaugural Mass celebrated Dec. 8.
FaithPodcasts
Preach
This week on “Preach,” the Rev. Justin Lopina joins host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., to discuss how John the Baptist’s call to repentance in the Gospel for Gaudete Sunday leads to joy more than simply moral obligations.
FaithPodcasts
Hark! The stories behind our favorite Christmas carols
Discover how a 4th-century poem by Aurelius Clemens Prudentius to respond to Christian heresies evolved into “Of the Father’s Love Begotten” by the 19th century.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis offered a heartfelt appeal for death row prisoners in the United States, which significantly comes as Joe Biden, the second Catholic president in the country’s history, nears the end of his term.
FaithNews
Pope Francis
"At times, in our spiritual lives and our pastoral activity, we risk focusing on what is incidental and forgetting what is essential."
FaithScripture Reflections
Valerie Schultz
A Reflection for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by Valerie Schultz
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
When Archbishop Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi receives the red hat and cardinal’s ring from Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 7, he will be the seventh Japanese cardinal in the history of the Catholic Church.
FaithScripture Reflections
Simcha Fisher
A Reflection for the Memorial of Saint Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, by Simcha Fisher
FaithPodcasts
Jesuitical
On this week’s episode of “Jesuitical,” Ashley and Zac are joined by Madeleine Kearns, an associate editor at The Free Press, and the author of a recently reported article, “The Young Catholic Women Bringing Back Veils.”
FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
On this episode of “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell investigate Pope Francis’ new letter on the final synod document.
Arts & CultureArt
Angela Alaimo O'Donnell
A once in a lifetime exhibit of Italian paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York reminds us of the foundations of our faith.
Noa Cohen as the title character in “Mary” on Netflix (photo: Netflix)
Arts & CultureFilm
John Anderson
“You may think you know my story,” says Mary, having galloped into the movie on horseback. “Trust me. You don’t.”
FaithNews
Justin McLellan – Catholic News Service
The new Vatican dashboard allows users to see a map of where current cardinals are from, as well as the percentage of cardinals from each region eligible to vote in conclave.
FaithNews
OSV News
Over five years after Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris burned, the faithful will celebrate its reopening as it returns for the second weekend of Advent.
A boy mourns over the body of his father and other Palestinians at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip Oct. 9, 2024. They were killed in an Israeli strike amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. (OSV News photo/Ramadan Abed, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
David Neuhaus, S.J.
What motivates the pope in his stand on the war in Gaza? And why are some Jewish partners in dialogue expressing misgivings about his words?
FaithFaith and Reason
Joseph Vukov
Laws aimed at providing "death with dignity" and internet influencers promising to extend life unnaturally are actually two sides of the same coin: In both circumstances, humans usurp a role intended for God.
French President Emmanuel Macron, center, and his wife Brigitte Macron, second right, visit the restored interiors of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral on Nov. 29, 2024, in Paris. (Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool via AP)
FaithDispatches
Bridget Ryder
Notre-Dame, and many churches in France, are owned by the state and merely used by the church. That gave the French government, and President Macron, a big voice in the restoration project.