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FaithNews
Gerry Jackson, OSV News
The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed about 1:30 a.m. March 26 after a 900-foot container ship collided with one of its major support pilings.
FaithPodcasts
Preach
Ed Foley, O.F.M. Cap., discusses how, when preparing one of his homilies, he meticulously annotates his manuscript, like a conductor’s score. “Where’s the crescendo? Where’s the pause? When do the trumpets come in?”
FaithShort Take
J.D. Long García
Shouldn’t we all be going to Mass on the day that marks when God took on human flesh?
Arts & CultureVantage Point
Joel Wells
In 1958, Joel Wells of Chicago's "The Critic" contributed a somewhat unique story to America. How, he wondered, would some of our most famous authors tell the story of a dog that had been hit by a car?
FaithNews
OSV News
“As Christians, we are rooted in the hope of the resurrection, and so we pray for a just and lasting peace in the Holy Land,” the bishops wrote.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Though Pope Francis skipped over his prepared homily at today’s Palm Sunday Mass, he used the opening of Holy Week to condemn terrorism and war in Moscow, Ukraine and Gaza.
Politics & SocietyNews
Jack Jenkins - Religion News Service Aleja Hertzler-McCain - Religion News Service
Catholic Charities locations have become the target of far-right media personalities, conspiracy theorists and even members of Congress.
Arts & CultureMusic
Michael O’Brien
Celebrating the lives and songs of Sinéad O’Connor and Shane MacGowan, a wealth of artists performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City on March 20 to give new life to the departed artists’ ballads.
FaithFaith in Focus
Stephanie BerriosClaire Gaudiani
The sacrament of confirmation is the pathway to an adult faith life for young people. As their teachers, it is our job to help today’s confirmation class students meet and love Jesus and live his Gospel. But our job today poses unique challenges.
FaithPodcasts
Jesuitical
This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley chat with Derek Brown, an award-winning bartender turned expert on no- and low-alcohol cocktails and mindful drinking.
Sydney Sweeney in ‘Immaculate’ (Neon)
Arts & CultureFilm
Jake Martin
“Immaculate” is a cut above its cinematic cohorts, due in no small part to its decidedly feminist take.
Arts & CultureBooks
Benjamin Ivry
A newly available compilation of Rahner’s writings on the arts, edited and translated from the original German by Gesa Thiessen, traces Rahner’s thinking about the phenomenon of inspired enthusiasm.
Arts & CultureCatholic Movie Club
John Dougherty
An idealist—like Jesus or Jefferson Smith—can be dangerous because he refuses to accept the compromises that form the foundation of their power.
FaithFaith in Focus
Our readers
At the beginning of Lent, America asked a 5th-grade teacher to share what her students would be doing, or giving up, for Lent. Their responses reveal the joys and struggles of the Lenten season.
FaithNews
Jonathan Luxmoore - OSV News
Ukrainians had already experienced a “crisis of faith in the pope’s primacy,” Major Archbishop Shevchuk said, and that the pope’s latest statements were “deeply hurtful.”
FaithNews
Lauretta Brown - OSV News
A recent study found that the number of abortions in 2023 has increased to the highest number and rate in the United States in over a decade.
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2024, at the National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Politics & SocietyThe Weekly Dispatch
Kevin Clarke
President Bukele has used his emergency powers to detain more than 78,000 suspected gang members in security sweeps that human rights groups charge are often arbitrary and violent.
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Pope Francis has dismissed the former bishop of Bruges, Belgium, from the clerical state 14 years after Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation following his admission that he sexually abused his nephew.
Two students with Down syndrome pictured in Catholic school uniforms
FaithShort Take
J.D. Flynn
Our parish school has decided that welcoming children with significant disabilities is an important part of its Catholic identity and a big part of forming all children to be disciples of Jesus Christ.
FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
The Vatican announced the creation of 10 study groups to focus on themes that arose at last October’s Synod on Synodality, an announcement that prompted mixed reactions: Are the groups “kicking the can down the road” or opening a “new horizon”?