September 11th and the difference a day makes
Twenty-five years later, I realize how different Sept. 11 was from Sept. 12. The first was all about hurt. Hate began on the second day.
We are expecting too much from the Lindsay Clancy trial
True justice cannot be handed down by a jury.
Reconciliation: A limitless overture
September 6, 2026, Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time: An ethical response toward those who wrong us develops across our readings this Sunday.
When following Christ means breaking the rules
A Reflection for Saturday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time, by Kerry Weber
Quebec’s Cardinal Ouellet vindicated in abuse lawsuit; accuser ordered to pay him $100K in damages
A judge in Montreal has found sexual misconduct accusations against Quebec’s Cardinal Marc Ouellet to be unfounded and ordered his accuser to pay him $100,000.
Pope Leo: Catholics cannot be ‘unengaged spectators’ amid ‘injustice, discrimination and violence’
In a new series of reflections on the Second Vatican Council’s pastoral constitution “Gaudium et Spes,” Pope Leo said the faithful are called to leave behind “all passivity and indifference” toward current events.
‘Ordinary People’ turns 50: a story of family and loss beloved by many—including Pope Leo
A book that feels as if it were published last week has now unlocked a host of exclusive offers from A.A.R.P.
Jesuits, Mohawks and Puritans meet in Molly McNett’s historical fiction
The deeply researched ‘Child of These Tears’ captures the profound humanness of Jesuit missionaries in colonial North America.
‘Coyote vs. Acme’: Family film or existential fable?
It’s a testament to the movie that it can provoke this much intellectual meandering in a parent while also being wildly entertaining to children.
Catholic school reopening in Gaza is a reminder that ‘hope is stronger than fear,’ bishop says
As children worldwide head back to classrooms this fall, students in Gaza are returning to a vastly different reality as the school at Holy Family Parish reopens for the first time since the start of Israel’s military campaign.
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