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Politics & SocietyShort Take
J. Kevin Appleby
This week’s debate could be an opportunity to inform voters that the economy needs immigrants for economic growth, but so far both candidates have focused on border control.
FaithOf Many Things
Maurice Timothy Reidy
We are all called to serve, and sometimes, I think, Pope Francis is suggesting that discussions about ordination can distract from that. 
Politics & SocietyNews
Jonathan Luxmoore - OSV News
Pope Francis' support for the Anglican-based mission of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham was celebrated by the first bishop of the special diocese, Bishop David Waller.
FaithNews
Claire Giangravé - Religion News Service
Even so, Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider said claims of Pope Francis’ illegitimacy are unfounded.
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
What is needed, far more than a perfect abortion law, is a clear focus on the moral failure of a society in which abortion rates are rising rather than falling, in which too many women feel afraid, unable or unwilling to carry pregnancies to term and welcome new life into the world.
Pro-life advocates gathered April 25 at the Arizona State Capitol to show their support for a 1864 law only allowed abortion in cases where the mother’s life was in danger. The state government repealed the law in May.
FaithDispatches
J.D. Long García
Efforts to restrict abortion have met with mixed results. So what should be the focus of the pro-life movement going forward?
FaithNews
Justin McLellan – Catholic News Service
Despite past tensions with Pope Francis and a period without assignment, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, Pope Benedict XVI’s longtime secretary, has been appointed as the apostolic nuncio to Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia.
Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, apostolic nuncio to the United States, talks with a U.S. bishop during the bishops' meeting in Baltimore in this Nov. 13, 2012, file photo (CNS photo/Nancy Phelan Wiechec).
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Archbishop Viganò said he “does not recognize” the authority of the Dicastery of the Doctrine for the Faith or of Pope Francis.
FaithFeatures
Colleen Dulle
The ultimate goal is to prepare the men to be able to build strong and healthy relationships with their parishioners.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Colleen Dulle
The head of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication has defended his department's use of expelled Jesuit priest Marko Rupnik’s artwork in its official materials.
FaithPodcasts
Jesuitical
A conversation with Rachel L. Swarns, the author of "The 272: The Families Who were Enslaved and Sold to Build The American Catholic Church"
FaithNews
David Agren - Catholic News Service
Spanish Jesuit Luis María Roma, who died in 2019, was recently discovered to have abused hundreds of Indigenous girls while serving as a missionary in rural Bolivia, and to have documented his acts in a diary.
Members of Coro y Orquesta Misional San Xavier perform the opera “San Francisco Xavier” at the Church of San Xavier in the town of San Javier, Bolivia, on April 23. 2024.
Arts & CultureMusic
Phillip Alcon Ganir, S.J.
The opera ‘San Xavier’ provides a glimpse of how Jesuits evangelized with music—a key dimension of the 1986 film “The Mission.”
Arts & CultureBooks
Elias Crim
Ivan Illich was a “radically orthodox” monsignor who remained tradition-minded his entire life. With Pope Francis, his hour may have finally arrived.
Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone in 'The Godfather' (IMDB)
Arts & CultureCatholic Movie Club
John Dougherty
The fact that audiences see the story as aspirational is more of a reflection on us as fallen people than the film itself.
U.S. teens spend an average of 4.8 hours a day on social media, according to a Gallup poll. Photo shows teenagers seated in a row, all looking at their phones. (iStock/monkeybusinessimages)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
J.D. Long García
The U.S. surgeon general suggests a warning label on social media apps. But God entrusted us with the care of our children, and we’re the ones who should be held accountable for any harms.
FaithScripture Reflections
Ashley McKinless
A Reflection for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles, by Ashley McKinless
FaithScripture Reflections
Colleen Dulle
A Reflection for Thursday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time, by Colleen Dulle
FaithScripture Reflections
Kerry Weber
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Kerry Weber
FaithScripture Reflections
Heather Trotta
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time, by Heather Trotta