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Miles Teller stars in a scene from the movie "Whiplash." (CNS photo/courtesy Sony Pictures Classics)
Arts & CultureCatholic Movie Club
John Dougherty
Played by Miles Teller, Andrew falls prey to an obsession so powerful that it robs us of the clarity or freedom to make good choices.
Arts & CulturePoetry
Delaney CoyneJoe Hoover, S.J.Christine LenahanMichael O’Brien
In one way or another, these collections bear the traces of the divine, of the needful Christ.
FaithPodcasts
Jesuitical
This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley talk with Professor Amir Hussain, a theology professor at Loyola Marymount University, about life and teaching as a Muslim at a Catholic university.
Photo of Kacey Musgraves singing and playing guitar at a concert
Arts & CultureMusic
Amanda Bergeman
Kacey Musgraves’s new album is not worship music, but rather songs about theological concepts for a secular audience.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Singapore from Sept. 2 to 13.
FaithFaith and Reason
James F. Keenan
Through their grief after Jesus' crucifixion, the disciples became more vulnerable in their love for Jesus, which enabled them to recognize his risen, vulnerable presence. These words—grief, vulnerability and recognition—are thus inextricably linked to the Pentecost story and, in particular, to the role the Spirit plays in their lives and our lives in the church.
Pope Francis blesses a pregnant woman during a meeting of Scholas Occurentes in Rome May 19, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Politics & SocietyThe Weekly Dispatch
Kevin Clarke
The global surrogacy market, valued at $14 billion in 2022, is projected to reach $129 billion by 2032. That’s a lot of bucks and a lot of babies and a lot of young women renting their bodies to other people.
FaithFaith in Focus
Thomas J. Gumbleton
In an essay drawn from his preface to 'No Guilty Bystander,' a biography of Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton, the late peace activist reflects on life lessons and expresses gratitude.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
In a recent interview book, Pope Francis said Archbishop Gänswein “at times made difficulties for me.” Now the former private secretary to Pope Benedict XVI will be made a nuncio in an as-yet-unnamed country.
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
In 2006, Pope Benedict XVI dropped “Patriarch of the West” from his official titles. Vatican officials at the time said the title was removed because it was theologically imprecise and historically obsolete.
FaithScripture Reflections
Michael Simone, S.J.
April 14, 2024, Third Sunday of Easter: Luke writes of Jesus’ resurrection appearances with such subtlety and emotional nuance that one can forget that he is telling a larger story.
FaithScripture Reflections
Cecilia González-Andrieu
A Reflection for Friday of the Second Week of Easter, by Cecilia González-Andrieu
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
A homily for the Third Sunday of Easter, by Father Terrance Klein
Arts & CultureFilm
Michael O’Brien
“Late Night with the Devil” is a film that lives on the knife’s (or dagger’s) edge—a stark reminder that we are all possessed by something.
FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
On this episode of “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle and veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell analyze "Dignitas Infinita."
FaithOf Many Things
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
If you are not challenged somewhere in your own moral thinking by reading it, then you most likely have not read it thoroughly enough.
Politics & SocietyNews
Kate Scanlon - OSV News
Trump has blamed the issue of abortion and pro-life voters for the Republican Party’s underperformance in the 2022 midterm election cycle—a theme he repeated in his April 8 social media posts.
FaithNews
Pope Francis
In a speech at his weekly general audience, Francis said that “fortitude is a fundamental virtue because it takes the challenge of evil in the world seriously.”
FaithFaith and Reason
Bill McCormick, S.J.
For those who were hoping for something “new” in this document, perhaps this will be disappointing. And yet this wisdom about dignity is ever ancient, ever new.
Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
James T. Keane
Gerhard Lohfink, who died last week in his native Germany at the age of 89, leaves behind an impressive legacy of faith-informed scholarship on the New Testament and Christian discipleship.