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Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
James T. Keane
Among those recognized at two theology conferences in June was Stephen Bevans, S.V.D., to whom the Catholic Theological Society of America gave its highest honor, the John Courtney Murray Award.
FaithNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
“Keeping our gaze on Jesus, we must learn to give a name and voice even to sadness, fear, anguish, indignation, bringing everything into relationship with God,” Pope Leo said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers guard an entrance of the Federal Building in Los Angeles on June 10, during a protest demonstration against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids. (Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Tobias Winright
Masked police undermine trust and amplify fear. They do not fit a democratic society.
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
D. J. Waldie
Among the hopeful and fearful seeking their place in an occupied city, the Virgin—Patroness of All the Americas—is a sign that a community with humane borders and greater compassion may be possible.
FaithThe Word
June 29, 2025, Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul: This is the lesson of leadership among Christ’s disciples, to be ever at the task of sharing the Gospel, finding moments of grace even in hardship.
FaithScripture Reflections
Michael J. O’Loughlin
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time, by Michael J. O’Loughlin
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Zac Davis
The direct action of San Diego Bishop Michael Pham is likely to leave a stronger impression in the minds of the public—and of the immigrants who are circling in and out of court—than any written statement.
FaithScripture Reflections
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
A Reflection for the Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.
FaithNews
Archbishop José H. Gomez, OSV News
“This is not policy, it is punishment, and it can only result in cruel and arbitrary outcomes.”
FaithScripture Reflections
Jackson Goodman
A Reflection for Monday of the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time, by Jackson Goodman
Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican as they join him for the recitation of the Angelus prayer and an appeal for peace hours after the U.S. bombed nuclear enrichment facilities in Iran on June 22. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“Let diplomacy silence the guns!” Pope Leo XIV told the crowd in St. Peter’s Square a few hours after the United States entered the Iran-Israel war by bombing three of Iran’s nuclear sites.
Paola Ugaz, a Peruvian journalist who helped expose the abuse committed by leaders of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, gives Pope Leo XIV a stole made of alpaca wool during the pope's meeting with members of the media on May 12 in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Leo XIV’s statement was read at the premiere of a play about the Peruvian investigative journalist Paola Ugaz, who was subject to death threats because of her reporting on sexual abuse.
Bishop Micheal Pham, center, leads an inter-faith group as they enter a federal building to be present during immigration hearings on June 20 in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Politics & SocietyNews
Gregory Bull - Associated Press
About a dozen religious leaders from the San Diego area, including Bishop Michael Pham, visited federal immigration court on Friday “to provide some sense of presence.”
FaithFaith and Reason
Roger Haight, S.J.
In a time of increasing disaffiliation from and disillusionment with the institutional church, a new theological perspective on the church is needed—one that places Jesus’ own teaching at the center.
FaithPodcasts
Jesuitical
This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley are thrilled to speak with their friend and colleague Father James Martin about his new podcast, “The Spiritual Life with Fr. James Martin, S.J.”
Pope Leo XIV is seen in a video interview with RAI Uno on June 19 at Vatican Radio’s transmission center at Santa Maria di Galeria outside of Rome, where he had made an impromptu visit. (CNS photo/screengrab from RAI Uno video)
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Leo XIV renewed his “appeal for peace” in an interview after a surprise visit to the Vatican Radio Center.
FaithFaith in Focus
Simcha Fisher
There are so many things you can enjoy when you are poor—and some, it seems, that are easier to enjoy when you’re poor because you cannot lean on the crutches and the shortcuts that litter the path of the rich.
A picture taken from a fan magazine of Gene Roddenberry with actors from “Star Trek: Next Generation” (Pixura/Alamy)
Arts & CultureTelevision
Eric T. Styles
Gene Roddenberry’s son said his father was an atheist. But documented evidence tells a different, more nuanced story about the creator of “Star Trek.”
Arts & CultureBooks
Paul Eli'e's 'The Last Supper: Art, Faith, Sex and Controversy' investigates pop culture’s crypto-religious, uncanny symbols of immanence and transcendence.
FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
At the Vatican on Saturday, Pope Leo urged “reason and responsibility” amid rising tensions between Israel and Iran—just hours before lighting up the jumbotron at Chicago’s Rate Field, calling 30,000 faithful to be “beacons of hope.”