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FaithSigns Of the Times
Drew Christiansen
Few Catholics, and even fewer Jesuits, ever imagined there would be a Jesuit pope.
Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures
Film
John Anderson
The urgent message of 'A Place at the Table'
FaithEditorials
The Editors
The Gospels unanimously report that the risen Lord first appeared to Mary Magdalene.
Signs Of the Times
Matt Malone, S.J.
Cheers of “Francesco! Francesco! Francesco!” resounded throughout the square.
Signs Of the Times
Michael J. O’Loughlin
On the final day of the conclave, Twitter reported 130,000 tweets per minute.
CNS Photo/Debbie Hill
FaithFaith and Reason
William Lane Craig
There is no plausible explanation available today to account for how Jesus’ tomb became empty.
Columns
Daniel P. Horan
On this First of April, Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M., reminds us that we are called to "evangelical foolishness, becoming “God’s fool.""
Letters
Our readers
Concealed BeliefsAs Catholic lawyers who have filed dozens of civil rights cases, including some under the Voting Rights Act in Texas, we were disappointed in Of Many Things, by Matt Malone, S.J. (2/25), especially given Justice Antonin Scalia’s comments two days later in the Shelby County, Al
Signs Of the Times
Kevin Clarke
Cardinal Francis has become the first pope in 600 years to receive his predecessor’s blessing.
James Martin, S.J.
The psalms of praise are filled with joy, delight and gratitude. Even happiness.
Columns
Michael Rossmann, S.J.
We don’t have to go far to soak up the beauty of God.
Of Many Things
Matt Malone, S.J.
The new world has sent a Jesuit back to the old world to lead its new evangelization.
Books
Rene Sanchez
An account of the seismic forces that rocked and reshaped the United States since World War II
Books
"God can handle honesty and prayer begins an honest conversation,” Anne Lamott asserts.
Books
Bart Jones
More than 2,000 migrants have died in the Arizona desert while crossing into the United States.
The Word
John W. Martens
One of the most difficult things for Western Christians to grasp is the reality of the miraculous which infuses the whole of the New Testament We labor more than we know under the assumptions of a world that is a closed empirical system from which God is absent Rudolf Bultmann the great 20th-
In All Things
Drew Christiansen
Catholic greens had reason to sound exclamations of joy at today rsquo s inaugural papal Mass From the announcement of the new pope rsquo s name Francis there was speculation about whether Pope Francis would show the same sensitivity for nature that saint who preached to the birds loved the wild
In All Things
Matt Malone, S.J.
Good day from Rome on the sixth day of the pontificate of Pope Francis Nearly 200 000 Catholic pilgrims gathered under a brilliant blue sky in St Peter 39 s Square this morning to witness the installation of the former Jorge Mario Bergoglio S J as the 266th successor of Saint Peter marking the
In All Things
James Martin, S.J.
We received from the Jesuit Curia today this account of the meeting between Pope Francis and Adolfo Nicol s SJ Superior General of the Society of Jesus which took place yesterday at the Casa Santa Marta nbsp The account was written by Father General himself nbsp We offer it in several langua
In All Things
In case you weren 39 t able to rise early this morning you might have missed Pope Francis 39 s quot Mass of Inauguration quot which just concluded nbsp Drew Christiansen SJ has already noted with his usual acuity the ecumenical dimensions of the day in a post below nbsp Celebrating the