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Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service
The Leadership Conference of Women Religious and the National Black Sisters Conference issued a joint statement May 5 on the importance of ensuring that all people enjoy the right to vote “regardless of their race, zip code, economic status or party affiliation.”
Arts & CultureNews
Mark Pattison - Catholic News Service
Catholic actors Mark Wahlberg and Mel Gibson star in the project, Wahlberg as the priest and Gibson as his father.
Photo: iStock
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Cardinal Luis F. Ladaria, S.J., the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has sent a letter to Archbishop José H. Gomez that may lead to a reconsideration of the plan of some bishops to get the conference to approve a document regarding “the worthiness to receive Communion” of Catholic politicians.
FaithNews
Kirsten Grieshaber - Associated Press
German Catholics will bless same-sex unions at about 100 different services all over the country this week.
An Israeli police officer stands guard at the Damascus Gate to the Old City of Jerusalem after clashes at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Friday, May 7, 2021. Palestinian worshippers clashed with Israeli police late Friday at the holy site sacred to Muslims and Jews, in an escalation of weeks of violence in Jerusalem that has reverberated across the region. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis: “I pray that Jerusalem may be a place of encounter and not of violent clashes, a place of prayer and of peace.”
FaithFaith in Focus
Alyson Rockhold
Praying to God as a mother deepened my understanding of the divine.
FaithFaith in Focus
Joseph M. Cosgrove
Sacraments were important to Dan, but for him seven were simply not enough.
Associated Press Religion Writer Rachel Zoll, second from right, receives a visit in Amherst, Mass., on Oct. 26, 2018, from Managing Editor Brian J. Carovillano, editor at large Jerry Schwartz, and Deputy Managing Editor Sarah L. Nordgren after being awarded an Oliver S. Gramling Journalism Award for being AP's pre-eminent voice on religion for more than a decade. (Cheryl Zoll via AP)
FaithNews
David Crary - Associated Press
Zoll covered religion in all its aspects, from the spiritual to the political, and her stories reached a global audience.
Arts & CultureIdeas
Damian Costello
When I was unmoored from the church, Marley's music and messianic faith told me: No, God has not forgotten you.
FaithFaith in Focus
Luz Marina Díaz
The saintly, magnanimous way of Dr. Hernández can inspire us especially in this dreadful time of global medical emergency.
FaithFaith in Focus
Alex Gruber
My mom and I have dedicated ourselves to loving each other as parent and child and as children of God. I believe Monica and Augustine did the same—even when they were at odds over Augustine’s sexual behavior.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“The 1950s were a time of recovery, the beginning of prosperity in the West,” Cardinal Czerny told the congregation, among whom were Hungarian clergy and laity, and diplomats from other countries. “There was even hope of new freedom in the Communist world
Arts & CultureBooks
Jason Berry
In post-Civil War New Orleans, Creole leaders won elections and oversaw the desegregation of public schools, a short-lived experiment destroyed after Reconstruction.
Politics & Society
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
Much is still unknown about the 2019 novel coronavirus and why it can kill so many people and yet also can infect many more without causing any symptoms, Dr. Anthony Fauci told a Vatican conference.
FaithJesuitical
Jesuitical
This week, Zac and Ashley take you behind the scenes of Jesuitical in an exit interview with our amazing outgoing editor, Noah Levinson.
FaithFaith in Focus
Colleen Dulle
Learning of the witness of Daniel Berrigan, S.J., sparked me to make many of the choices that led me to be a journalist and an activist.
FaithFaith in Focus
Molly Cahill
To mark this National Day of Prayer, America asked our social media followers to share their prayer intentions and favorite ways to pray.
Politics & SocietyNews
Claire Giangravé - Religion News Service
Decisions about administering the Eucharist rest solely on the bishop giving the sacrament, said Cardinal Michael Czerny.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Mary Beth Powers
Whether as an act of solidarity or as an act of self-protection, the United States should give away 20 percent of its vaccines.
FaithFaith in Focus
Simcha Fisher
I had to accept that it’s possible that there is no God. Or that there is, but he is a stranger. Instead of choosing to trust the church because trust was where I wanted to be, I deliberately stepped out, off the safety of the shore, into doubt.