Inviting my curious friends to Mass
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Anthony, Abbot, by Julian Navarro
How Vatican diplomats tried to resolve the Trump-Maduro standoff
While the rest of the Catholic world enjoyed its Christmas Eve, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin met with Brian Burch, the U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, discussing a deal that would allow Venezuela’s President Nicholás Maduro to escape to a comfortable exile in Russia.
When our religious and social structures can’t contain the power of the Gospel
A Reflection for Monday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time, by Michael Simone, S.J.
Understanding Pope Leo’s foreign policy: the U.S., Venezuela and beyond
Pope Leo XIV met with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado this week, only the latest in a monthslong series of statements and meetings that have shown the Vatican repeatedly pushing for peace. This week, David Gibson of Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture joins host Colleen Dulle to discuss Pope Leo’s approach to foreign policy.
A Catholic convert’s ecumenical journey—and prayer for Christian unity
I couldn’t have explained it while it was happening, but there have been moments in my life when I quickly and intimately connected with an absolute stranger. I’ll find myself confiding the most personal of details to this person in line at the grocery store, or at a party or on the sidewalk. Or I will be on the receiving end of someone’s personal account, both of us present to the conversation with such affection and tenderness that the sharing does not seem unnatural or inappropriate. It is only afterward that one of us might comment: That was weird; I…
Martin Luther King, a Baptist, lived Catholic social justice in ‘extraordinary fashion,’ Cardinal Gregory says
Ordained as a Baptist minister, the Civil Rights leader was well-versed in the church fathers, quoting St. Augustine in his famous “Letter From Birmingham Jail,” asserting that “an unjust law is no law at all.”
I accompany migrants in court. Their stories haunt me.
I walk with people at a terrifying moment in their lives. I am there to bear witness to some of the worst actions of our government, undertaken in the name of “We the People.”
A viral church ranking series is sending young Catholics to Mass in New York
NEW YORK (RNS) — The social media account exposes a desire among some young Catholics, particularly Gen Z and younger, to find a church that functions somewhere between a place of worship and a social space.
Papal puzzle lovers: Popes Leo XIV and XIII noted for liking word games
Pope Leo XIV, who plays the daily online puzzle Wordle, is not the only papal puzzle lover.
A tale of innocence and courage at a Catholic school in Nazi-occupied France
“Au Revoir les Enfants” has been highlighted by the Vatican for its depiction of Christian values.
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