Bringing the Beatitudes behind bars

“Never can a free person conceive of what a book means to a person in hiding.” -Anne Frank

A seminarian reflects on Pope Francis’ bold vision

My grandmother’s rosary was of amethyst-colored beads and a small silver crucifix, gray-black with tarnish. She kept it on the bureau in her bedroom near a holy card of St. Jude and a talcum powder box made of imitation satin. She’d put it in a special pouch—an old change purse, ac

For decades, I have admired Ron Hansen, the gifted author of many novels, including one of my favorites, Mariette in Ecstasy, about the religious experiences of a young nun in upstate New York. “Luminous” is how one reviewer described the book, and I think of that adjective every time I

“Just live today. Don’t bother thinking about tomorrow, or yesterday. Focus on just one day.”