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Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi as Priscilla and Elvis Presley at their wedding in a scene from the film ‘Priscilla’
Arts & CultureFilm
Elyse Durham
There’s much more to this story than glamour. At its heart, “Priscilla” is about a woman lost in a twisted marriage.
Politics & SocietyInterviews
Ashley McKinlessZac Davis
“As religious people, we struggle, we see hard things happen, horrible things happen in this world. And our job is to figure out: How do you reconcile and keep going on within that?”
FaithScripture Reflections
Sebastian Gomes
A Reflection for Monday of the Second Week of Advent, by Sebastian Gomes
Subsistence farmers display crops
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
Small farmers here in the middle of Central America’s dry corridor are almost totally reliant on rainfall to water their crops. As those rains become less reliable because of climate change, crop failures and then migration are the results.
FaithNews
Justin McLellan – Catholic News Service
Praying the Angelus with some 25,000 visitors in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis urged listeners to disconnect from the “pollution of vain words and chatter” present on social media platforms.
FaithPodcasts
Preach
This week on “Preach,” the script is flipped: Ricardo da Silva, S.J., the regular host, becomes a guest preacher, and Maggi Van Dorn, a usual producer, takes the mic as the host. Ricardo invites listeners to identify where they have experienced joy, even as he admits that we live in a world where joy is hard to come by.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Marking the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Pope Francis called for peace in Gaza and respect for human rights.
FaithScripture Reflections
Joe Hoover, S.J.
A Reflection for Saturday of the First Week of Advent, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
FaithScripture Reflections
James T. Keane
A Reflection for the Second Sunday of Advent, by James T. Keane
FaithFaith in Focus
Michael O’Brien
My mom and I decided to start a new Christmas tradition—reading a chapter of the Christmas classic by our fireplace every night leading up to Christmas Day.
FaithNews
Justin McLellan – Catholic News Service
After a canceled trip to Dubai due to a bronchial infection, Pope Francis went into the center of Rome to continue the tradition of praying before the elevated statue of Mary next to the Spanish Steps.
Arts & CultureBooks
Michael E. Engh
In 'Katherine Drexel and the Sisters Who Shared Her Vision,' the historian Margaret McGuinness has performed another valuable service to American Catholic history.
FaithPodcasts
Jesuitical
This week on “Jesuitical,” Ashley and Zac welcome Rachel Goldberg, the mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, one of the hostages taken into Gaza following Hamas’s massacre on Oct. 7.
FaithScripture Reflections
Jill Rice
A Reflection for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by Jill Rice
Argentine President-elect Javier Milei addresses supporters in Buenos Aires on Nov. 19
Politics & SocietyDispatches
David Agren
The Argentine church received a message with the call Pope Francis made to Javier Milei: ”Lay off this guy” and “contribute to social peace.”
Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks in ‘Catch Me if You Can’ (photo: imdb)
Arts & CultureCatholic Movie Club
John Dougherty
“Catch Me If You Can” returns to Christmas again and again, like a scab it can’t stop scratching.
FaithFaith and Reason
Daniel Burke
Bernard McGinn, the author of a nine-volume history of Christian mysticism in the West, sat down with 'America' to discuss mysticism, religion, psychedelics and more.
Emma Stone in ‘Poor Things’ (photo: Fox Searchlight)
Arts & CultureFilm
John Anderson
In “Poor Things,” Emma Stone is Adam, in a sense, the product of a modern Prometheus, who will drive men wild. Which is both the funniest and pointed aspect of her picaresque tale.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
A Homily for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by Father Terrance Klein
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Joshua StantonOlivia Brodsky
Since Oct. 7, a fascinating dynamic has emerged: the Jewish and Palestinian narratives we see posted on social media have converged—with the protagonists and antagonists reversed.