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FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Justin, martyr, by Christopher Parker
Politics & SocietyDispatches
The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria launched a campaign that aims to plant 5.5 million trees over the next five years to mitigate the effects of climate change.
Politics & SocietyNews
Ireland is becoming less religious, and the percentage of residents who identify as Catholic is down to 69% according to census data. More people identify with "no religion" than in previous years.
FaithNews
The statistical yearbook noted “a general downward trend in the relative number of baptisms, following closely the trend in the birthrate in most countries.”
Arts & CultureFilm
While the path to creating a great story about Jesus is filled with good intentions, there are also a lot of landmines.
FaithNews
According to a police report, a 73-year-old man and an 80-year-old man were assaulted, one severely, outside of the Planned Parenthood in a building that shares a wall with a pro-life pregnancy resource center.
FaithNews Analysis
The pope’s refusal to cheer either side in this war gives him credibility as mediator.
FaithThe Good Word
A Homily for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, by Terrance Klein
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by Kerry Weber
FaithSpeeches
In his general audience, Pope Francis discusses the apostolic zeal of Matteo Ricci, the Jesuit who successfully taught and spread the Gospel in China in the 1500s.
FaithThe Word
June 4, 2023, The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity: This Sunday’s readings for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity reveal a divine deliberation, which encourages readers to place their trust in a God whose love remains constant even when humanity’s loving response does not.
Politics & SocietyNews
At least $17 million has been transferred from the Vatican's U.S.-based missionary fundraising coffers into an impact investing vehicle run by a priest, the former head of the U.S. organization.
Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
Among the 53,000 Americans killed in World War I was Joyce Kilmer, a distinguished poet and essayist who died in battle at the age of 31.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for the Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time, by Zac Davis
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Maternal mortality has reached alarming levels in the U.S., especially in the Black community. The Catholic Health Association strongly supports a package of laws to better care for mothers and infants.
FaithNews
The Vatican on Monday urged the Catholic faithful, and especially bishops, to be “reflective, not reactive” on social media, issuing guidelines to try to tame the toxicity on Catholic Twitter.
FaithNews
Catholic artists, poets, writers and filmmakers serve the church not by trying to “domesticate” Christ but by helping people challenge and expand their knowledge of the Lord, Pope Francis said.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by Molly Cahill
FaithVatican Dispatch
In his homily for Pentecost Mass in St. Peter's Basilica May 28, the pope said that the Holy Spirit is "the heart of synodality and the driving force of evangelization."
Arts & CulturePoetry
And when the trembling shook the entire house
it woke me into shock