Cardinal Camillo Ruini, Catholic power broker in Italy’s culture wars, dies at 95
The late cardinal was critical of Pope Francis’ pontificate but celebrated the election of Pope Leo XIV, who Ruini hoped would “reunite the Catholic Church.”
Only silent prayer can cast out fear—so why are we afraid of it?
Our terrors come at us one by one when we pray without words, and none is greater than the fear that no one is there with us in the silence.
Not feeling celebratory as America turns 250? Read John Courtney Murray’s work.
Not since Murray’s death in 1967 have national events made his thought more freshly relevant than today.
In Honduras, justice for Juan López and the community he fought to protect remains uncertain
Honduran prosecutors faced a major responsibility “to identify the intermediaries and masterminds behind a larger network of corruption and organized crime that involves the mining and political sectors.”
When forgiveness gets complicated
A Reflection for Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time, by J.D. Long García
Pope Leo speaks out on SSPX ordinations and U.S.-Iran deal
The pope spoke to journalists outside Castel Gandolfo.
New and familiar faces—and emerging voices—in American Catholic theology
Both the Catholic Theological Society of America and the College Theology Society held conventions in the past few weeks—a chance to evaluate the discipline of theology and honor outstanding scholars.
‘Troubles’ 2.0 in Belfast? How anti-migrant violence connects to a more complicated history
The June riots were explicitly directed toward migrants, such that some public figures suggest a more accurate term for what happened would be “pogrom.”
The Artemis II astronauts remind us: We are all God’s crew on Earth
By the grace of God, we belong to this Earth, and the Earth’s care belongs to us.
The Gospel case for privacy
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time, by Molly Cahill
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