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Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory leads a prayer service on Feb. 25, 2023, for enslaved people believed to be buried in the cemetery at Sacred Heart Parish in Bowie, Md. The property is on a former plantation once owned by members of the Society of Jesus in Maryland in the 1700s and 1800s. (OSV News photo/Mihoko Owada, Catholic Standard)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Monique Trusclair Maddox
The descendants of Jesuit enslavement have no choice but to confront the church’s sinful history, but rather than harden their hearts, many are seeking reconciliation along with the restoration of justice.
Politics & SocietyFaith
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
After participating in a seminar on the Catholic Church and the Freemasons, an Italian bishop reaffirmed that Catholics who belong to Masonic lodges are in a “serious state of sin” and cannot receive Communion.
FaithScripture Reflections
Heather Trotta
A Reflection for Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent, by Heather Trotta
FaithScripture Reflections
Kerry Weber
A Reflection for Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent, by Kerry Weber
FaithScripture Reflections
Alessandra Rose
A Reflection for Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent, by Alessandra Rose
FaithScripture Reflections
Christine Lenahan
A Reflection for Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent, by Christine Lenahan
Arts & CultureVantage Point
Robert Giroux
In 1988, famed publisher Robert Giroux related his memories of what it was like to read and publish Thomas Merton's 'The Seven Storey Mountain.'
Politics & SocietyFeatures
J.D. Long García
Sugar is not the only industry that exploits Haitian workers in the Dominican Republic, but it offers a unique lens through which to understand racism and xenophobia.
A trend toward goods and components made by unionized American workers may mean higher prices for consumers. In photo: United Auto Workers members attend a rally in Detroit on Sept. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Paul D. McNelis, S.J.
Geopolitical crises and the aftereffects of Covid are prompting the United States and other nations to find alternatives to globalization in education, trade and environmental protection.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“Americans should be against killing Israelis but also against killing Palestinians,” the political activist Mustafa Barghouti said in an interview with Gerard O’Connell.
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Pope Francis has canceled his appointments today after The Vatican press office announced he was experiencing “mild flu-like symptoms.”
FaithPodcasts
Preach
Deacon Steve Kramer preaches on the First Scrutiny for the Third Sunday in Lent, Year A, and reflects on how four summers shuttling people around gave him a crash-course in listening skills key to his development as a preacher.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kate Scanlon - OSV NewsAmerica Staff
"This is not about politics," Bishop Seitz said. "It's about the Gospel."
FaithNews
Maria Wiering - OSV News
“I’m just curious,” sociologist Tricia Bruce told OSV News. “I come with questions. I don’t come with an agenda or something that I’m trying to do or get out of this.”
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.