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Asim Tanveer - Associated PressMunir Ahmed
Muslims in eastern Pakistan went on a rampage Wednesday over allegations that a Christian man had desecrated the Quran, demolishing the man’s house, burning churches and damaging several other homes.
FaithFaith in Focus
James Martin, S.J.
The newest book by James Martin, S.J., inspires us to ask: Do you believe that Jesus can give you new life?
Arts & CultureBooks
Sarah Vincent
in 'Fireworks Every Night,' the debut novel by Beth Raymer, is an ode to Florida—to the rattlesnakes, the humid heat and the Palm Beach pretensions of those who out of necessity live a life apart from that glitz and glamor.
Arts & CultureBooks
Richard Lischer
Jonathan Eig’s new biography, 'King: A Life,' is the first major biography of Martin Luther King Jr. in decades and will take its place among the foremost of the many treatments of King.
Arts & CultureBooks
Siobhan Heekin-Canedy
Henri Nouwen’s observations in 'Ukraine Diary' are even more relevant today than they were at the time of his writing, offering valuable insight into the ongoing tragedy of the war in Ukraine.
Arts & CultureBooks
Timothy Michael Dolan
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan reviews Msgr. Thomas Shelley's 'John Tracy Ellis: An American Catholic Reformer,' calling it "a well-documented yet very readable biography of the 'dean' of American Catholic history."
A scene from the film Dead Poets Society of students outside in gym gear carrying their professor, played by Robin Williams
Arts & CultureIdeas
Elizabeth Grace Matthew
Mr. Keating and his real-life counterparts now dominate secondary and post secondary education. That’s a problem.
Students from Fordham Prep and other Viva House volunteers join Brendan Walsh, at left in dark blue shirt, and his wife Willa Bickham, standing below, on the steps of Viva House in Baltimore, Md., in March 2023.
FaithJesuit School Spotlight
Michael G. Considine
In 1960, three young men graduated from Fordham Preparatory School and set out on paths that would painfully clash as the Vietnam War unfolded. 
FaithFaith and Reason
Leo Guardado
Gustavo Gutiérrez’s 'A Theology of Liberation' was first published in English 50 years ago. That first edition served as a primary introduction to a new way of doing theology and becoming church with the poor and insignificant.
FaithFeatures
Maggie Phillips
Schools face changing realities, including geographic population shifts, questions about affordability and a generation of parents who are less likely to participate in Catholic life than their parents or grandparents were.
FaithFeatures
Cecilia González-Andrieu
The Holy Spirit’s work in the world is to orient and nurture creation continually toward the God of life and beauty.
Suzanne Krumpelman, counselor at St. Joseph School in Fayetteville, Ark., reads to first graders about friendship Feb. 9, 2022, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Catholic mental health professionals and diocesan officials, young people face considerable mental health challenges -- and the adults in their lives need to listen. (OSV News photo/CNS file, Travis McAfee, Arkansas Catholic)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
America Staff
Catholic schools have endured a whipsaw from the Covid-19 pandemic in recent years.
FaithYour Take
Our readers
In her feature, Eve Tushnet describes a curriculum she is creating to welcome young L.G.B.T. Catholics. The article elicited numerous responses from our readers.
Arts & CulturePoetry
Lee Nash
All night, God peers from his gilded case, nothing to do but wait for morning
Arts & CulturePoetry
Shann Ray
God dwells in the thick darkness
Politics & SocietyNews
Kate Scanlon - OSV News
The president of the March for Life said in the group “is encouraged by the 5th Circuit’s acknowledgment of the FDA’s reckless decision to lift critical safeguards related to the administration of powerful drugs used in chemical abortion.”
Catholic schools may lose the ability to enforce dress codes, among other policies, if they “go public” and become charter schools. In this 2016 file photo, students in dress shirts and sweaters read at their desks at Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School in Takoma Park, Md. (OSV Newsnphoto/CNS file, Jaclyn Lippelmann, Catholic Standard)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kathleen Porter-Magee
Oklahoma has approved public funding for what would be the nation’s first Catholic charter school. What could be the trade-offs in terms of autonomy and religious freedom?
FaithScripture Reflections
Alessandra Rose
A Reflection for Thursday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Alessandra Rose
FaithNews
Maria Wiering - Catholic News Service
An Alabama priest disgraced after abandoning his parish to travel to Italy with an 18-year-old woman described himself as “married” to her in a Valentine’s Day letter.
A student looks at his cellphone while walking at Jesuit-run Central American University in Managua, Nicaragua, March 31, 2022. (CNS photo/Maynor Valenzuela, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
A Nicaraguan judge described the Jesuit university as a “center of terrorism,” accusing its administrators and educators of “betraying the trust of the Nicaraguan people” and of “transgressing against the constitutional order.”