A Reflection for Tuesday of the Third Week of Easter, by Tim Reidy

Through their grief after Jesus' crucifixion, the disciples became more vulnerable in their love for Jesus, which enabled them to recognize his risen, vulnerable presence. These words—grief, vulnerability and recognition—are thus inextricably linked to the Pentecost story and, in particular, to the role the Spirit plays in their lives and our lives in the church.

“Late Night with the Devil” is a film that lives on the knife’s (or dagger’s) edge—a stark reminder that we are all possessed by something.

Trump has blamed the issue of abortion and pro-life voters for the Republican Party’s underperformance in the 2022 midterm election cycle—a theme he repeated in his April 8 social media posts.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that exemptions that allow religious organizations to avoid paying Wisconsin’s unemployment tax don’t apply to a Catholic charitable organization.

The saints are “those who become themselves fully, who fulfil the vocation proper to every man or woman,” Pope Francis said in today’s general audience on the topic of virtue.

“I do not think that the present anxiety about recognizing the ‘gay’ Catholic is unlike the first-century anxiety regarding the Gentiles becoming Christians,” Jesuit moral theologian James F. Keenan writes.

In concluding his catechesis on virtues and vices, Pope Francis stated that correcting our pride is the greatest battle to which the Christian is called.

The bishops cried out that “of all European countries, France is the only one where the number of abortions is not decreasing and has even increased over the last two years,” and that France “would have honored itself by instead promoting the rights of women and children.”

In an exclusive interview with Gerard O’Connell, Archbishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva explains why his first three Masses in Buenos Aires were celebrated in a shanty town, prison and cemetery.