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Podcast: The Vatican steps into debate over Biden receiving Communion
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle and veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell examine how binding the Vatican's letter and the U.S. bishops’ agreements are, along with what decisions the bishops now face.
Pope Francis: Prayer can be a struggle. That’s normal. Embrace it.
Christian prayer, like all Christian life, is not a “walk in the park.”
By Pope Francis
When people meet me, at the Capitol or in a church, they may wonder or even ask me politely, “Are you a conservative or a liberal?” I smile and say, “I’m just a Catholic.”
The Sacramental Love Songs of Bachata’s Romeo Santos
The enchanted universe that Romeo alludes to is full of unpredictability and surprises.
Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘Klara and the Sun’ is a haunting tale of love, loss and...a robot.
The robotic narrator of Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel takes us into a dystopian U.S. future.
A New Orleans jazz hall and its history in the fight for Black freedom
In post-Civil War New Orleans, Creole leaders won elections and oversaw the desegregation of public schools, a short-lived experiment destroyed after Reconstruction.
By Jason Berry