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Arts & CultureBooks
Jill Rice
The genre that spawned “Bridgerton” is perhaps the least Catholic type of fiction available today, but its relationships are more Catholic than expected.
people stand outside holding signs about priest accountability
Politics & SocietyNews
Kathryn Post – Religion News Service
“To me, placing survivors’ stories first is about cultural transformation,” said the Rev. Gerard McGlone in regard to the report involving case studies of abuse cover-up in Catholic diocese.
Arts & CultureBooks
Kaya Oakes
To face potential mortal illness with wry humor and a taste for the ironic takes a delicate touch, but that is what the United Church of Christ pastor and writer Molly Baskette does in her new book.
Left: Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes reacts before the NFL AFC Championship playoff football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. Right: Philadelphia Eagles quarterbacks Jalen Hurts kneels with running back Miles Sanders during the NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, in Philadelphia.
FaithFaith in Focus
Joe Hoover, S.J.
Is it sound theology to think God was on one's own side after a victory? Who can capture the mind of God; do we know that he doesn't care who wins a game?
Politics & SocietyPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
This week on ‘Inside the Vatican,’ Ricardo da Silva, S.J., and Gerard O’Connell discuss Pope Francis’ six-day visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, which the pope called a pilgrimage of peace.
archbishop justin welby of the anglican church talks
FaithNews
Simon Caldwell - OSV News
The Church of England banned church weddings for same-sex couples while allowing priests to bless same-sex marriages and partnerships.
FaithScripture Reflections
Kevin Clarke
A Reflection for the Memorial of Saint Scholastica, by Kevin Clarke
A billboard in front of a school reads "St. Hubert"
FaithNews
Gina Christian - OSV News
A Catholic high school in Philadelphia is taking action after several of its students posted a racist social media video that has sparked community protests.
FaithFaith in Focus
Paul Wilkes
Brother Mary Joseph lay in state at Mepkin Abbey, his simple funeral liturgy soon to begin, fitting for a man who lived a simple life at the South Carolina Trappist monastery.
Politics & Society
David Agren - OSV News
Nicaragua has released more than 200 political prisoners, including Catholic priests, students, and opponents of the regime, who were taken from detention in deplorable conditions and sent to the United States.
FaithFaith and Reason
Peter C. Phan
Pope Francis presents the good Samaritan as the prototype of the fraternity and social friendship that creates the “culture of encounter” and builds bridges of love among all.
People react as they sit on the wreckage of collapsed buildings, in Aleppo, Syria, on Feb. 7, 2023. Rescuers raced to find survivors in the rubble of thousands of buildings brought down by powerful earthquake and multiple aftershocks that struck eastern Turkey and neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
“These are strong, courageous people of hope,” Daniel Corrou, S.J., the director of Jesuit Refugee Service/Middle East and North Africa, said. But even hope has its limits.
A woman prays during a Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Managua, Nicaragua.
FaithNews
David Agren - OSV News
Six churchmen and a diocesan communicator were sentenced to 10 years in prison on conspiracy charges as Nicaragua’s increasingly tyrannical regime continues its persecution of the Catholic Church.
biden sits and gestures with kamala harris and kevin mccarthy behind him, the american flag hangs behind them and the words "in god we trust" are inscribed above the flag
Politics & SocietyNews
Kate Scanlon - OSV News
Biden’s “anti-life and anti-religious freedom policy agendas that destroy unborn life, harm the dignity of pregnant mothers, and violate the religious freedom and medical conscience rights of healthcare professionals.”
FaithScripture Reflections
Molly Cahill
A Reflection for Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, by Molly Cahill
FaithFaith and Reason
Abigail FavaleElizabeth Sweeny Block
After two professors of theology engaged in a fruitful conversation in America on the 2019 Vatican document on “‘gender theory in education,” the editors invited them each to respond once again to each other on the subject of gender identity and transgender persons.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
A Homily for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein
joe biden sits at front with kamala harris and kevin mccarthy sitting behind him, biden is talking with hands raised
Politics & SocietyNews
Kate Scanlon - OSV News
In his State of the Union address, President Biden called on Congress to codify Roe v. Wade “to protect every woman’s constitutional right to choose” while calling for national unity.
FaithNews
OSV News
Catholic humanitarian agencies are launching emergency relief campaigns following Feb. 6’s devastating earthquakes in Syria and Turkey, which have so far killed more than 11,200 and injured upward of 40,900.
Pope Francis greets the crowd as he arrives to celebrate Mass at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan, Feb. 5, 2023.
FaithSpeeches
Pope Francis
In his weekly general audience, Pope Francis reveals what he said on his apostolic journey to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, praying that “the seeds of God's Kingdom of love, justice and peace may germinate.”