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FaithFaith and Reason
Juan V. Fernández de la Gala
Teilhard’s eucharistic vision have moved many readers, including Paul VI, John Paul II and Benedict XVI.
ocean under sunlight and clouds
FaithScripture Reflections
Michael Simone, S.J.
A Reflection for the Ascension of the Lord, by Michael R. Simone, S.J.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
When Christ entered heaven, he took something with him: a human nature forged by the story of our striving and suffering. When Christ became man, God entered human history. When Christ returned to his Father, human history entered God.
A screenshot of a TikTok video of Denise, who plays heaven's receptionist, dressed in a bathrobe
Arts & CultureIdeas
Jim McDermott
Some of Ms. Smith’s posts get upward of 500,000 likes, including many people sharing about friends or family whom they have lost.
sister sits alone in a pew
FaithFaith in Focus
Sherryl White
’The air was still. The silence felt like a cloak enfolding the room.‘
Members of the leadership team of Caritas Internationalis, elected during the organization's general assembly, meet reporters at the Vatican press office May 16, 2023. From left are: Patrick Debucquois, treasurer; Kirsty Robertson, vice president; Archbishop Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo; and Alistair Dutton, secretary-general. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Caritas Internationalis held its general assembly in Rome last week and elected a new leadership team to coordinate its work in more than 200 countries.
pope francis sits in his chair and gestures with his right hand while holding papers in his left
FaithSpeeches
Pope Francis
In his weekly general audience, Pope Francis uses St. Francis Xavier as an example of missionary zeal who spread the Gospel to people who had never heard it before.
Statue of Mary wearing a crown
FaithThe Word
May 21, 2023, The Ascension of the Lord: The narratives of ascension and enthronement in this Sunday’s readings subvert human fantasies of strength and instead present a theology of divine power that flows from vulnerability. 
woman praying in crowd
FaithScripture Reflections
Kaya Oakes
Reflection for the Sixth Wednesday of Easter, by Kaya Oakes
Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
James T. Keane
The combination of religious faith and prophetic political action that marked César Chávez’s hunger strikes would become typical of many other moments in his long career as a labor organizer turned American icon.
Members of Community Renewal International at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the front porch of its 10th Friendship House on Sept. 15, 2017, in the Highland neighborhood of Shreveport, La. (Photo courtesy of Community Renewal International)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Tim Muldoon
What did four Shreveport neighborhoods with plunging crime rates have in common? They had Friendship Houses, opened and operated by Community Renewal International.
A woman prays during Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City May 15, 2023.
FaithNews
Michael J. O’Loughlin
The share of Catholics going to Mass even a few times each year has fallen off significantly compared with the number before the Covid pandemic, but U.S. Catholics overall are largely optimistic about their church and its leaders, a new survey finds.
Wide shot on a cloudy day of the cathedral in Cologne, Germany, with people walking outside on the sidewalk.
FaithNews
Jonathan Luxmoore - OSV News
“It’s a fact that church attendance has strongly (been) reduced, with a significant and steady decline in priestly vocations and church membership, and an increasing loss of financial income.”
FaithNews
The Associated Press
The district court in Munich handed down its verdict in the case of the Rev. Joerg Alt after he participated in a road blockade in the Bavarian capital on Oct. 28.
barred window
FaithScripture Reflections
Valerie Schultz
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter, by Valerie Schultz
Man holding luggage
FaithScripture Reflections
Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
A reflection for Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter, by Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
bishop strickland wears his clerics while greeting pope francis whose back is turned to the camera. bishop strickland is a 64 year old average sized white man with graying hair
FaithNews
OSV News
Bishop Strickland wrote that he believes Pope Francis is the pope, but he "reject(s) his program of undermining the Deposit of Faith."
FaithShort Take
Jim McDermott
Calling programs like ChatGPT “artificial intelligence” grants them a claim to authorship that is simply untrue.
Justice Hardy, a writer on the television series "True Lies," holds up a sign as members of The Writers Guild of America picket outside Warner Bros. Studios, on May 2, 2023, in Burbank, Calif. The use of ChatGPT is as controversial in the entertainment industry as it is in schools. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
LuElla D'Amico
Even writing instructors are being pressured to use ChatGPT, and to allow their students to use it. But if allow such shortcuts in the creative process, we endanger our students’ psychological development.
FaithScripture Reflections
Jailynn Castro
A Reflection for Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter, by Jailynn Castro