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Politics & SocietyGoodNews
Russell Pollitt, S.J.
Three2Six offers a basic education to undocumented migrant and refugee children, many of whom are barred from South Africa’s public schools because of their residency status.
U.S. Senator J. D. Vance speaks at the 2023 Turning Point Action Conference in West Palm Beach, Fla. (Gage Skidmore, via Wikimedia Commons)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Paul James Macrae
J.D. Vance’s economic populist streak, combined with his pro-life views and support for religious liberty, could offer an alternative to the two major political parties.
FaithScripture Reflections
Simcha Fisher
A Reflection for Monday of the First Week of Advent, by Simcha Fisher
FaithPodcasts
Preach
On “Preach,” host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., and Victor Cancino, S.J., explore how preachers might respond to generational trauma, particularly in Native American communities. “I think doing the work of looking at your own life,” says Victor,“ allows you to be vulnerable, and you give the freedom to people listening to you to practice the same thing.”
Monsignor Paolo Braida reading Pope Francis’s message on Dec. 3 (Vatican Media)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Speaking by live television from Santa Marta, the 86-year-old pope, who clearly has not yet fully recovered from a week-long bout of acute bronchitis, issued his heartfelt appeal for “a new ceasefire agreement.”
FaithSpeeches
Pope Francis
In a speech to the COP28 meeting of world leaders in Dubai read by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Pope Francis decried the ‘inordinate greed that has made the environment the object of unbridled exploitation.’
FaithScripture Reflections
Molly Cahill
A Reflection for Saturday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time, by Molly Cahill
FaithPodcasts
Jesuitical
As COP28 kicks off, "Jesuitical" welcomes Jose Aguto, the executive director of Catholic Climate Covenant, to discuss Catholic climate advocacy at this pivotal moment.
presents being wrapped
FaithFaith in Focus
Molly Cahill
Because of her, I have never lost the strong sense of hope, reflection and presence of the season
Arts & CultureMusic
Michael O’Brien
Shane MacGowan once said that he was the one that God would use to save Irish music. Despite a public persona that was often less than saintly, he grappled with faith in many of his iconic songs.
Arts & CultureBooks
Joe Hoover, S.J.
Naomi Klein's new book serves as a kind of sociopolitical post-mortem of the Covid era, in which our social divisions and paranoias only grew more strident. It is also tragically timely.
Ambassador-at-Large John Nkengasong, new head of the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy at the State Department, center left, is applauded by Secretary of State Antony Blinken after a group staff photo at an event announcing the launch of the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy at the State Department, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
In an interview with America, Dr. John N. Nkengasong praised the work of faith-based organizations in helping to implement the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, known as Pepfar.
A woman gardens
FaithFaith
Our readers
We asked readers to share stories of surprising moments of faith in no more than 100 words. In these (very) short essays, they explain how they experienced God through these situations.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael O’Brien
The Nov. 25 shooting in Burlington, Vt. points to rising hate in the United States in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war.
FaithFaith in Focus
Joe Hoover, S.J.
Let's talk about Advent Traditions.
FaithScripture Reflections
Valerie Schultz
A Reflection for Friday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz
Guillaume Canet, left, Diane Kruger and Daniel Bruhl star in a scene from the movie "Joyeux Noel" (CNS photo/Sony Pictures Classics).
Arts & CultureCatholic Movie Club
John Dougherty
Like the soldiers in the film, we will raise our voices on Christmas and sing about peace on earth—but we should also reflect on what we’ll do to make it a reality.
FaithShort Take
Peter Knox
The choice by Pope Francis to release “Laudate Deum” eight years after the publication of “Laudato Si’” is an unusual one, signaling an imminent climate crisis.
FaithNews
Claire Giangravé - Religion News Service
Speaking International Theological Commission at the Vatican, Pope Francis told theologians that "One of the great sins we have witnessed is ‘masculinizing’ the church.”
FaithScripture Reflections
Cecilia González-Andrieu
A Reflection for the Feast of St. Andrew, Apostle, by Cecilia González-Andrieu