Preaching the Risen Christ: Finding hope in addiction recovery
In this episode of “Preach” we continue our Easter series on preaching the hope of the resurrection in a broken world. Our guest Tom Weston, S.J. is a Jesuit priest, counsellor and man in long-term recovery, who has devoted most of his priestly life to working alongside people battling addiction—leading 12-step based retreats, offering counseling and spiritual accompaniment, and lecturing internationally.
Reactions: President Trump lashes out at Pope Leo XIV
In a special America Media editors’ roundtable, Sam Sawyer, S.J., Ashley McKinless and Colleen Dulle break down President Trump’s unprecedented attack on Pope Leo XIV.
The war’s impact on the ‘forgotten’ Christians of Lebanon and Israel
The conflict between the Israeli military and Hezbollah militia has deeply affected Lebanon’s most marginalized populations. Among them, the foreign domestic workers and refugees who have long made Beirut their home. Airstrikes have killed hundreds of people across the region; many among the casualties have been immigrant workers and refugees.
Shattered hopes now restored
April 19, 2026, Third Sunday of Easter: All of this Sunday’s readings focus on the relationship between the Old Testament and the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
Poetry and spirituality with Pádraig Ó Tuama
Our guest on this week’s episode of “The Spiritual Life” podcast is a man who looks at the world through the eyes of not only a poet but a believer. But Pádraig Ó Tuama’s life is even more varied than that.
Need a guide for deeper prayer? Pope Leo recommends a letter by St. Augustine
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV shared some of his favorite spiritual reading recommendations on the papal flight to Algeria, pointing to a particular letter by St. Augustine that he said provides wonderful tips for how to deepen prayer. Speaking with OSV News aboard the papal plane April 13 on the first leg of his pilgrimage to Africa, the pope commended St. Augustine’s “Letter to Proba,” also known as Letter 130, written in A.D. 412. “Augustine gives some wonderful guidelines and hints, if you will, about how our prayer can really be meaningful,” Pope Leo said.…
After Trump’s Leo rant, JD Vance says Vatican should ‘stick to matters of morality’
Speaking to Fox News April 13, Vice President JD Vance, a Catholic, addressed Trump’s social media post, saying, “We can respect the pope, we certainly have a good relationship with the Vatican, but we’re also going to disagree on substantive questions from time to time.”
Pope Leo in Algeria: ‘The future belongs to men and women of peace’
“The true struggle for liberation will be definitively won only when peace in our hearts has finally been achieved,” Leo said upon his arrival in Algeria.
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