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Inside the Vatican
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle and veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell take a look at the pope’s talk to ambassadors and why he thinks cancel culture is a threat to international cooperation.
Arts & CultureInterviews
James T. Keane
“Bob Dylan is in the tradition of great writers stretching back to the biblical prophets—there’s something in his songs that is so resonant that people will be trying to figure the songs out for generations.”
Empty pews in an ornate, sunlit Catholic Church with a cream-colored ceiling.
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
Have the “nones” consciously rejected religion, or have religious institutions failed to involve them and respond to their needs? The only way to find out is by asking.
Arts & CultureNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
While the pope’s collection is mostly made up of classical music, it also includes a 25-disc collection of Elvis Presley’s Gospel songs.
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Catholics uncomfortable with a synodal model of the church, Cardinal Tobin said, may be put off by the messiness dialogue often unearths. But, he said, refusing to live with tension can be a form of heresy.
James Kendall plays the organ during an "Advent Lessons and Carols" service on the first Sunday of Advent at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Lindenhurst, N.Y., on Nov. 28, 2021. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
FaithShort Take
Jessica Carney
We need some criteria in deciding what music is best for Mass. St. Thomas Aquinas offers us three qualities that anything beautiful must have.
FaithNews
Dennis Sadowski - Catholic News Service
In a new pastoral letter, Archbishop Wester of Santa Fe, New Mexico, urges the world to join “a renewed commitment to the cause of peace” with the goal of eliminating all global nuclear weapons.
Pope Francis greets people during his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Jan. 12, 2022.
FaithSpeeches
Pope Francis
“It is good to think about the fact that Jesus himself worked and had learned this craft from St. Joseph,” Pope Francis said in his Wednesday audience. “Today, we should ask ourselves what we can do to recover the value of work.”
FaithNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
Pope Francis took an evening ride in a white Fiat 500 to visit a record store he used to go to when in Rome as a cardinal.
Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
James T. Keane
John LaFarge, S.J., left an indelible mark on America—particularly in his unflagging devotion to the cause of racial justice for African Americans.
FaithFaith in Focus
Jim McDermott
Each of these practices can be done in two to five minutes and require no religious background. And I promise that over time, they really can improve your life.
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer criticized the Synodal Path for postponing a debate on gender-neutral language.
Arts & CultureIdeas
Sarah Vincent
To want to magic away Covid-19 is wishful thinking at its very worst. But that impulse is a forgivable offense. And it is exactly why “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts” is what 2022 needs.
Sidney Poitier places his hands in wet cement at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles on June 23, 1967. Poitier, the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance, died on Jan. 6. He was 94. (AP Photo/File)
Arts & CultureFilm
John Anderson
Sidney Poitier’s abilities as an actor were subtle, even spiritual. They were about soul. Not his. Ours.
FaithNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
Pope Francis took the first step to reorganize the Vatican’s doctrine office, removing the No. 2 official widely believed responsible for a controversial document barring blessings for same-sex couples.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“Multilateral diplomacy is thus called to be truly inclusive,” the pope said, “not canceling but cherishing the differences and sensibilities that have historically marked various peoples.”
Politics & SocietyFaith and Reason
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
Choice alone cannot be a sufficient moral framework for thinking about abortion because more than one human life is at stake.
Politics & SocietyNews
The Associated PressCatholic News Service
The pope sent a telegram to New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan offering “heartfelt condolences and the assurance of his spiritual closeness” to those affected by the blaze, which killed at least 19 people, including nine children.
Arts & CultureIdeas
Stephen G. Adubato
A new exhibition reveals a side of Andy Warhol few probably know: his deeply-etched religious faith.
Arts & CultureFilm
Jim McDermott
In the end, what undermines “Don’t Look Up” is exactly what it condemns: a lack of humanity.