The eternal warmth of Nana’s kitchen
A Reflection for the Memorial of the Passion of St. John the Baptist, by Molly Cahill
The holiness of Dolly Parton
I think we saw in Dolly Parton something more than talent, something more than wit or charity. We saw holiness.
Jerusalem court acquits a man indicted in nun attack, orders psychiatric care
The violent assault in April on a nun walking in her habit in Jerusalem’s Old City sent shock waves across Israel and its many Christian communities.
How Christ learned compassion
What can God in his wholeness, his blessedness, his tranquility, know of our wounds?
Archbishop urges Trump to ‘rethink’ Haiti deportations after mass kidnapping, massacre
A deadly gang attack near Haiti’s capital on Aug. 23 left more than 47 dead, with at least 50 kidnapped.
What’s wrong with the right-wing ‘heritage American’ story
Many arguments against migration suggest that only certain groups of people (the “blood”) are suitable to live on this land (the “soil”) and that only those belonging to those groups are true Americans. This is intellectually refined Trumpism—it is also immoral and un-American.
An AP reporter spends the night locked inside Jerusalem’s holiest church with clergy and pilgrims
Most nights, from 9 p.m. to dawn, about a dozen priests, a smattering of registered pilgrims and a few cats have the sprawling, dark basilica of the Holy Sepulcher to themselves.
Pope Leo explains why Vatican II needed to reform the Catholic Mass
The liturgy is “a living entity,” and it has always been subject to developments and changes over the centuries, Pope Leo said.
Fulton Sheen, the love of God and the civil rights movement
Sheen preached eloquently that racism and other attacks on civil rights were direct attacks on all human beings and, ultimately, God himself.
Dolly Parton is in heaven
Today heaven is more musical. Today heaven is more generous. Today heaven is like a family reunion.
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