Loading...
Loading...
Click here if you don’t see subscription options

FaithScripture Reflections
Cecilia González-Andrieu
A Reflection for Monday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time, by Cecilia González-Andrieu
FaithNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
Pope Francis formally recognized a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian teenager whose birth in 1991 will make him the first “millennial” to become a saint.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
A Homily for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, by Father Terrance Klein
Eddie Redmayne as the Emcee in ‘Cabaret’ at the Kit Kat Club at the August Wilson Theatre (photo: Marc Brenner)
Arts & CultureTheater
Rob Weinert-Kendt
The complicity of ordinary Germans in the Holocaust is the central subject of two shows now running in New York City.
FaithThe Word
May 26, 2024, The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity: What is the right relationship between the three persons of the Trinity? It remains a mystery. Even so, this Sunday’s readings offer insights that can help us encounter the mystery and give it relevance.
At center: Republican U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson sits beside Democratic President Joe Biden during the annual National Prayer Breakfast at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 1, 2024. (OSV News photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Bill McCormick, S.J.
Your enemies are children of God—and that includes the presidential candidate you can’t stand and his supporters.
FaithScripture Reflections
Heather Trotta
A Reflection for Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time, by Heather Trotta
FaithSpeeches
Pope Francis
“Brothers and sisters, humility is everything. It is what saves us from the Evil One,” Pope Francis said at today’s general audience, concluding his cycle of catechesis on virtue.
Politics & SocietyNews
Kate Scanlon - OSV News
“Authentic palliative care is radically different from euthanasia, which is never a source of hope or genuine concern for the sick and dying,” the pope said in a message to the first International Interfaith Symposium on Palliative Care in Toronto.
Pope Francis greets Agbonkhianmeghe Orobator, S.J., and Julie Sullivan, the president of Santa Clara University, on March 18, 2024. 
FaithFaith and Reason
Michael Simone, S.J.
Father Agbonkhianmeghe Orobator is the first dean of the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley born outside of the United States.
FaithDispatches
Colleen Dulle
The pope’s response surprised some who believed he was open to the possibility of ordaining women as deacons.
FaithNews
Judith Sudilovsky - OSV News
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, described the small resilient community of the Holy Family Parish compound in Gaza City as one with “steadfast faith,” amid horrific destruction and constant bombardment.
Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
James T. Keane
A poet and a woman religious whose work often appeared in America, M. Madeleva Wolff, C.S.C., is known for much more than her verse. She was also a pioneer in Catholic education in the United States.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
An important international conference in Rome on May 21 marks the 100th anniversary of the first Plenary Council of the Catholic Church in China. Here’s what you need to know.
Politics & SocietySpeeches
Pope Francis
During an audience with a delegation from Loyola University Chicago at the Vatican on May 20, Pope Francis said, “Education happens on three levels: the head, the heart and the hands.”
FaithNews
Alejandra Molina - Religion News Service
The proclamation comes just two weeks after the Jesuit priest who founded Homeboy Industries received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden.
People pick through discarded produce at the central market for fruit and vegetables in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Lucien Chauvin
Argentina has been in a state of economic upheaval for years with two constants—a continuous increase in poverty and corresponding efforts by the Catholic Church to respond to that need.
FaithPodcasts
Preach
A surefire way to lose your congregation is to start a homily with “In today’s Gospel reading,” says Thomas Groome. “The purpose of good preaching,” he says, “is to bring our lives to God and God to our lives.” A homilist’s job, then, is to facilitate a meaningful conversation between the two.
FaithNews
Gina Christian - OSV News
In an interview with Norah O'Donnell April 24 on “60 Minutes,” Pope Francis clarified that “Fiducia Supplicans” didn’t allow blessings of “the union” but of “each person.”
Pope Francis accepts the offertory gifts during Pentecost Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on May 19, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The pope devoted his entire Pentecost homily to describing how the Holy Spirit works in the lives of Christians with both “power and gentleness.”