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Arts & CultureTelevision
Kevin Christopher Robles
The sincerity of “Dash & Lily” extends far beyond its rom-com influences. It holds a deep, reverent love for New York.
FaithJesuitical
Jesuitical
A conversation with Tsh Oxenreider about learning to love Advent.
FaithFaith in Focus
Kerry Weber
As we walk through this time of darkness, give us faith that we are headed toward brighter days.
A hooded figure in a hat looks from a dark space at the light pouring through a half-circle window in a door; the figure's eyes cannot be seen, just the light reflecting on their face
FaithAdvent Reflections
Maurice Timothy Reidy
A Reflection for the First Friday of Advent.
In this Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, photo, pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, right, and Agnes Chow speak to media outside a district court in Hong Kong. Wong, Chow and activist Ivan Lam have been sentenced to jail on Wednesday, over charges related to an unauthorized anti-government protest last year at the city's police headquarters. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
“[I]t’s not the end of the fight. Ahead of us is another challenging battleground. We’re now joining the battle in prison along with many brave protestors, less visible yet essential in the fight for democracy and freedom for HK.”
Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, England, is pictured in a Feb. 24, 2014, photo. An inquiry into the Catholic Church in England and Wales released Nov. 10, 2020, criticized Cardinal Nichols and the Vatican for failing to show compassion or leadership in the fight against child abuse. (CNS photo/Max Rossi, Reuters)
FaithDispatches
Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
After the latest report on the abuse of children by clergy and other in the Catholic Church in England and Wales, survivors are tired of promises and expressions of sorrow. They want structural reform.
A Mexican migrant worker picking blueberries at a farm in Lake Wales, Fla. (CNS photo/Marco Bello, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Joaquin Castro
Congressman Joaquin Castro writes that Arturo S. Rodriguez, former president of the United Farm Workers, would be a champion of social justice as U.S. secretary of agriculture.
Pope Francis leads his general audience in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Nov. 25, 2020. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
FaithFaith in Focus
Pope Francis
Pope Francis: Córdoba was a kind of lockdown, self-isolating as so many of us have done lately, and it did me good.
Politics & SocietyYour Take
Our readers
When President-elect Joe Biden becomes President Joe Biden on Jan. 20, 2021, what should his first 100 days look like?
A woman, blurred out in the background, holds a red heart made of felt-like material in the foreground of the photo
FaithAdvent Reflections
Kevin Christopher Robles
A Reflection for the Feast of St. Francis Xavier.
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
"I strongly reaffirm the right of persons with disabilities to receive the sacraments, like all other members of the church. All liturgical celebrations in the parish should be accessible to them."
Community
Matt Malone, S.J.
It is truly humbling to see the wave of support for those who are most in need.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
On the Second Sunday of Advent, the Prophet Isaiah reminds us that the church is ordained to be Christ’s hands extended to the poor, the neglected, the excluded.
A sign of employment gains in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Joseph J. Dunn
Donald Trump came close to re-election because so many workers are better off, writes Joseph J. Dunn. Pursuing “justice” at the expense of economic growth would be a bad bet for the Democrats.
FaithNews Analysis
Molly Cahill
Biographer Eileen Markey said that the four women were very aware that their work could put them in harm’s way.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Pope Francis
Pope Francis' remarks from his general audience on Wednesday, Dec. 2.
FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle and veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell take a look at this year’s pared-down consistory and how Pope Francis has shifted the geography of the College of Cardinals.
Politics & SocietyNews
Alejandra Molina - Religion News Service
Latino voters this election season were instrumental in helping flip the state of Arizona blue for the first time since 1996, but in Florida and Texas more Latinos than expected voted for President Donald Trump.
FaithFaith in Focus
Margaret Swedish
The four churchwomen chose to stay and to suffer, as St. Romero had once said, “the same fate as the poor.”
FaithAdvent Reflections
Erika Rasmussen
A Reflection for the First Wednesday of Advent