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FaithShort Take
Simcha Fisher
Once we start thinking about what God clearly made happen or clearly didn’t make happen, it opens up a whole world of uncomfortable questions.
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures, with blood on his face, is assisted by guards after shots were fired during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pa.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kevin Clarke
My fellow Americans, I have some bad news: This is who we are.
FaithNews
Greg Kandra
We need to pray—and ask some hard questions.
Politics & Society
Kate Scanlon - OSV News
"Together with my brother bishops, we condemn political violence, and we offer our prayers for President Trump, and those who were killed or injured," said Archbishop Broglio, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Politics & SocietyNews
Paul O'Donnell (RNS)
Many political and faith leaders, even as they prayed for Trump, also asked for prayers for the country as a whole, and particularly America’s polarized political landscape.
Politics & SocietyNews
Julie Carr Smyth, Jill Colvin, Colleen Long, Michael Balasmo, Eric Tucker and Michelle L. Price — Associated Press
Trump’s campaign said the presumptive GOP nominee was doing “fine” after the shooting, which he said pierced the upper part of his right ear.
FaithScripture Reflections
Jill Rice
A Reflection for Saturday of the Fifteenth Week of Ordinary Time, by Jill Rice
FaithScripture Reflections
Maurice Timothy Reidy
A Reflection for Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Tim Reidy
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
In an exclusive interview with Gerard O’Connell, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, one of the synod’s most influential figures, discusses the role of women, bishops and all the baptized in a synodal church.
FaithScripture Reflections
Zac Davis
A Reflection for Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Zac Davis
FaithScripture Reflections
Alessandra Rose
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Alessandra Rose
FaithScripture Reflections
Michael Simone, S.J.
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, by Michael Simone, S.J.
FaithFaith in Focus
Rebecca Moon Ruark
While theatrical and beautiful, I have come to understand that the Mass is not a show. It is a miracle.
An image from the new Netflix adaptation of "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
Arts & CultureTelevision
Reed ProctorBill McCormick, S.J.
The new Netflix adaptation fails to capture what made the original not only beautiful, but also of great interest for Catholics.
Arts & CultureCatholic Movie Club
John Dougherty
“The Godfather Part III” (1990) is the most explicitly Catholic entry in the series.
From the Newfoundland Quarterly in 1909: “The Orphan Boys at Mount Cashel, St. Johns, who sowed, reaped and threshed 600 bushels of oats this year at Mount Cashel.” (Wikimedia Commons)
FaithThe Weekly Dispatch
Kevin Clarke
A court-empowered third-party insolvency monitor has ordered the Archdiocese of St. John’s to pay over 104 million Canadian dollars (about $76 million) to 292 survivors of Mount Cashel who were victimized behind its walls.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Lynn Casteel Harper
We must begin to notice, name and resist the distortions caused by ageism, so that more clear-eyed assessments of President Biden are possible.
FaithNews
Justin McLellan – Catholic News Service
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith revealed a 1974 ruling surrounding alleged Marian apparitions that took place in Amsterdam in the mid-20th century, declaring they were found to not be supernatural following "persistent doubts" surrounding them.
FaithNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
The Knights of Columbus, an influential Catholic charitable organization, says it will cover up its mosaics made by a famous ex-Jesuit artist accused of abusing women.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden appear on stage before Mr. Biden delivers remarks on the 75th anniversary of NATO at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on July 9, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Robert David Sullivan
Too many people opposing Mr. Trump have adopted an us-vs.-them mentality. Democrats must attempt to bridge the real divisions in the United States.