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FaithThe Word
The disciples’ mission is now ours, and Christ is ready to share with us the same power he gave them.
FaithThe Word
In Luke’s mind, the Spirit that had once dwelt in the Temple had now taken up residence among Christ’s disciples.
Arts & CultureBooks
Peter Morgan
For all its campus-novel punches, Randy Boyagoda's new novel most succeeds in limning the ways his title character's faith bends to his needs.
Arts & CultureBooks
Joe Hoover, S.J.
Greg Pardlo's new memoir clips quickly along and burdens the reader with almost no slow moments.
Rabbi Arthur Schneier and Dr. Mohammad Abdulkarim Al-Issa (Diane Bondareff for Appeal of Conscience Foundation)
FaithGoodNews
Kevin Clarke
Following attacks on houses of worship in Sri Lanka, New Zealand and the United States, Muslim and Jewish leaders sign a joint call for cooperation among different faiths.
FaithFaith in Focus
Peter Lucier
When I returned from Afghanistan, I needed to find a way to go from being a Marine who is loved for his sins to being a believer who is a sinner but who is loved. I needed to find a way to come home.
Pope Francis at a consistory to create 14 new cardinals in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on June 28, 2018 (CNS photo/Paul Haring) 
FaithDispatches
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Pope Francis has gone “to the peripheries,” creating cardinals from 50 different nations, but Europe still accounts for more than 40 percent of electors in the College of Cardinals.
FaithEditorials
The Editors
Religious Americans inhabit an increasingly secular culture. But we must not let legitimate concerns about our ability to live out our faith in public life blind us to the fears of our fellow citizens who feel their civil rights are up for debate.
FaithEditorials
The Editors
Will U.S. Catholics heed the call to take global action immediately? Or will our children and grandchildren live in a world drastically changed and terribly broken?
FaithYour Take
Our readers

Francis in Romania

Re “Pope Francis: Be Wary of Hungary’s Right-Wing Populists,” by Marc Roscoe Loustau (4/29). The visit of Pope Francis to Romania will include very important moments in Transylvania. For ethnic and religious minorities in this region, who often have been at the peripheries and had to struggle for their identity and faith, this is a sign of hope and an incredible gift by the pope, greeted by thankful joy.

Politics & SocietyYour Take
Our readers
One hundred percent of respondents personally know someone who has served in the military.
Politics & SocietyOf Many Things
Matt Malone, S.J.
Social media, in other words, often deepens existing ideological and partisan divisions by reinforcing only those viewpoints with which we are already most inclined to agree, writes Matt Malone, SJ, in his latest column.
FaithJesuitical
Ashley McKinless
Hans Zollner, S.J., has dedicated his life to protecting children from the horrific crime of sexual abuse.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
With the House of Representatives expected to vote this week on a bill that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to existing federal nondiscrimination laws, Catholic leaders find themselves on both sides of the debate.
Politics & SocietyNews
J.D. Long García
President Donald Trump announced new priorities for immigration reform from the White House Rose Garden on Thursday, underscoring the need for border security, limiting asylum cases and merit-based immigration over family-based immigration.
Politics & SocietyNews
Pablo Kay - Catholic News Service
A bill making its way through the California Legislature would make the state the first since 1999 to require priests to choose between violating the law or violating the seal of the confessional.
Politics & SocietyNews
As the situation in Venezuela worsens, government and opposition leaders are heading to Norway at that government's invitation to enter into negotiations in order to find a way out of the impasse.
Politics & SocietyNews
Dennis Sadowski - Catholic News Service
Online child sexual abuse is a booming international business and religious congregations holding stocks in major telecom firms are stepping up their advocacy to thwart it.
FaithNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
When Pope Francis makes his 30th international trip, visiting Romania in late May, he is likely to receive a different, more reserved welcome than St. John Paul II did 20 years ago, said an expert in Catholic-Orthodox relations.