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FaithScripture Reflections
Simcha Fisher
A Reflection for Friday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Simcha Fisher
FaithScripture Reflections
James T. Keane
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Benedict, abbot, by James T. Keane
FaithScripture Reflections
Sebastian Gomes
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Sebastian Gomes
FaithScripture Reflections
Kevin Clarke
A Reflection for Memorial of St. Augustine Zhao Rong, priest, and companions, martyrs, by Kevin Clarke
FaithScripture Reflections
Christine Lenahan
A Reflection for Monday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Christine Lenahan
FaithExplainer
James T. Keane
Vandalizing another culture's sacred art is not a heroic act. It is an example of resistance to inculturation, part of the process by which the faith has become rooted in disparate cultures throughout history.
Politics & SocietyInterviews
Connor Hartigan
Georgetown professor Jacques Berlinerblau, an expert on secularism, argues Catholics should be wary of Louisiana’s new law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public classrooms.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
A Homily for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein
Arts & CultureIdeas
Marie Glancy O’Shea
“The Paradoxical Commandments” peal out a truth that no one wants to hear: Doing right is its own reward. And it was formulated by, of all people, a teenager.
Politics & SocietyThe Weekly Dispatch
Kevin Clarke
“Policies that criminalize homelessness are a direct contradiction of our call to shelter those experiencing homelessness and care for those in need,” said Archbishop Borys Gudziak said.
Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in ‘The Godfather Part 2’ (imdb)
Arts & CultureCatholic Movie Club
John Dougherty
Despite his performative Catholicism, Michael Corleone puts more stock in the American vision of freedom than the Christian one.
FaithShort Take
John Wester
With all due respect to the leadership, I believe the U.S. bishops’ conference is quietly taking extraordinary actions that curtail our sacred social mission.
FaithFaith in Focus
John Davis
If we saw up close the brutal toll of our wars, we would be less likely to fight them.
FaithNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
Lourdes Bishop Jean-Marc Micas said in a statement that ex-jesuit artist accused of abuse, Marko Rupnik's, artwork will continue be displayed in Lourdes as to not "tear the church apart".
FaithNews
Gina Christian - OSV News
Indigenous Catholics in New Mexico are reeling after an image of Christ as an Apache holy man was taken from a Mescalero mission. The church's pastor has fallen under suspicion of complicity in the removal.
FaithThe Word
July 7, 2024, the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Does Jesus have the credentials to lead the people of Galilee? Each of the next three Sundays provides a different response and reflection.
FaithColumns
Charles C. Camosy
Engagement with Catholic schools can help seminarians enter ministry with a clearer sense of the pastoral needs of their flock.
Politics & SocietyNews
Kate Scanlon - OSV News
“This is a day of gratitude for El Paso, the work of Annunciation House and the resilience of our community’s hospitality workers,” Bishop Mark J. Seitz of the Diocese of El Paso said in a statement.
FaithFaith and Reason
James F. Keenan, S.J.
Vulnerability, defined as the capacity the human being has to be open and responsive to another human being, is a central mark of what makes us human.
Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
James T. Keane
Tom Wolfe would have loved to write about a debate between a billionaire former president who is also a convicted felon and an octogenarian sitting president whose public mental lapses are vociferously denied by many of his own confidantes.