The terms "poverty" and "America" did not seem to fit together for Philippine native Mar-Rex Lindawan, a nursing student at Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des Moines, Iowa.A March visit to Appalachia changed her perspective. What Lindawan found during a weeklong visit to Wes

Documents detailing a 2014 court decision ordering the deportation of a now-80-year-old former defense minister from El Salvador directly connect his leadership to human rights abuses and a reign of terror against the country's civilians including a Salvadoran archbishop and women religious duri

On the Ignatian Educator blog, Matt Emerson reflects on what Jesus' post-Resurrection call "to go to Galiliee" means for students in Catholic schools.

In the first entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on Galatians I discussed introductory matters concerning the founding of the churches to the Galatians the situation when Paul wrote to them when the letter might have been written and the type of letters which Paul wrote based on the com

Identifying Christ’s transforming power in the world, whether in nature or in society, is essential to our faith in the Resurrection

Dear Brothers and Sisters a Happy and Holy Easter The Church throughout the world echoes the angel rsquo s message to the women ldquo Do not be afraid I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified He is not here for he has been raised hellip Come see the place where he lay rdquo

In an annual tradition Thirteen Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem have issued the following hopeful Easter message this year highlighting the importance of peace and reconciliation in the Holy Land We the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem bring joyous greetings in the name

Among much to read and consider this Holy Saturday and Easter weekend I commend to readers Rod Dreher 39 s wonderful and searingly honest essay in today 39 s Wall Street Journal wherein he discusses Dante 39 s Divine Comedy nbsp and the profound ways it helped nbsp him through a very difficult

Sometimes pleasures and joys slide one over the other nbsp They pour so quickly into our lives we begin to believe the cup of blessings can rsquo t run dry nbsp But then some crack appears nbsp The blessing cup becomes hourglass and happiness begins to pour away nbsp nbsp While still a gr

Over at First Things Matthew Gerken reports that Yale 39 s quot campus pro-life group mdash after a year in which they participated in meetings and even helped raise money for the organization mdash became the first group in living memory to be denied membership in the Social Justice Network of D

A priest is called to be in the midst of his flock, protecting his people, searching for those who are lost and always serving those in need, Pope Francis told the world's priests.If a priest wants to overcome those inevitable moments of sadness, exhaustion and boredom as well as discover his tr

The families of the three people killed in the Boston Marathon bombing explosions a year ago marked the first anniversary with poignant remembrances and emotional testimonies.Prayer and a simple wreath-laying ceremony took place at the two sites where their loved ones lost their lives and scores wer

So many in the world are blind, not to know their need for a savior

Leaks from an executive summary of a five-year Senate investigation into controversial CIA detention and interrogation techniques have called into further question the already controversial use of “enhanced interrogation techniques.” Revelations from the summary leaked so far suggest tha

Canada 39 s French- and English-speaking Jesuits plan to rejoin into a single Canadian province of the world 39 s largest Catholic religious order of men Father Peter Bisson provincial superior of the Jesuits in English Canada spoke about the plans at the annual Jesuit Provincial 39 s Dinner on

What does evil look like In art literature and the popular creative imagination Dr Frankenstein has that mad glint in his eyes Professor Moriarty rsquo s eyes bulge when he dreams madly of outsmarting Sherlock Holmes and Dr Jekyll rsquo s cool surface submerges his inner monster Mr Hyde For

You don’t need to know any Greek to anticipate the disciples’ shock: their master is acting like a servant, a slave.

The Gospels reveal two threshold moments of disownment Everyone is familiar with Judas 39 s betrayal but we forget about Peter nbsp At one of Jesus rsquo most desperate hours during his trial before the Sanhedrin His crucifixion imminent Peter denied knowing Christ Peter The rock Three ti

Stephen Colbert is at first glance an odd replacement for CBS talk-show host David Letterman When he drops the know-nothing character of the soon-to-end The Colbert Report as he will for his new show Colbert is sincere and quite passionate about social-justice issues Patrick R Manning explor