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FaithJesuitical
Jesuitical
Father Casey Cole, a Franciscan priest and popular YouTuber, has pulled off what few before him have: garnered a massive Catholic following while remaining faithful, truthful and, above all, charitable on social media.
Arts & CultureBooks
Rob Weinert-Kendt
The highest tribute I can offer this biography is that it is not unlike a Nichols film itself: incisive, dense with detail yet somehow brisk.
Marty Baron, former editor of The Boston Globe, walks the red carpet as he attends the Boston area premiere of the film "Spotlight" at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, in Brookline, Mass, Oct. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Arts & CultureLast Take
Eileen Markey
An outsider in parochial Boston not beholden to ties of kin and culture, Mr. Baron greenlighted an expensive and difficult investigation. 
Arts & CultureIdeas
Jack Nuelle
Revisiting this classic story in this time of isolation offers a new perspective on quarantine, and indeed a new perspective on journeys themselves.
FaithNews
Austria's Cardinal Christoph Schönborn has said he cannot deny same-sex couples a blessing if they request one and that he was "not happy" with the Vatican's mid-March statement on same-sex unions.
FaithNews
Luis Andres Henao - Associated PressJessie Wardarski - Associated Press
More than 100 congregants of the parish in the mostly Latino Corona neighborhood of Queens died of COVID-19, many of them in the early days of the pandemic.
FaithExplainer
Sean Salai
Pope Francis: “We have realized that we are on the same boat, all of us fragile and disoriented, but at the same time important and needed, all of us called to row together, each of us in need of comforting the other.”
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
An interview with Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, the Vatican’s Secretary for Relations with States, on what the Holy See hopes for from the new Biden administration at the national and international levels.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
At the pope’s instruction, the Office of Papal Charities has purchased doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to give to over 1,200 of Rome's "poorest and most marginalized people" during Holy Week.
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Dorothy Day may be under consideration for sainthood, but should that not pan out, at least a new Staten Island Ferry will soon bear her name.
José Francisco, O.F.M., greets the queue in front of a Sefra food distribution site in São Paulo. Photo courtesy of Equipe de Comunicação Sefras.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Filipe Domingues
In Brazil under its Covid-19 lockdown: “At first, only the most vulnerable were starving, but the hunger queue is growing each day. It’s a hunger pandemic.”
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
The U.S. bishops’ conference has made defeating the Equality Act a priority, citing concerns over religious freedom.
Politics & SocietyNews
Zoey Maraist - Catholic News Service
While standing outside the prison that housed Virginia's execution chamber, Gov. Ralph Northam signed legislation abolishing the death penalty in the state March 24.
Photo still from ‘Francesco,’ a documentary from Evgeny Afineevsky
Arts & CultureFilm
John Anderson
“Francesco” dissolves much of the distance between the pope and the people of all faiths who embrace him.
Politics & SocietyNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
The life and works of the famed Italian poet Dante Alighieri remain a lasting treasure that embodies the virtue of hope, Pope Francis said.
Photo: AP/iStockAmerica
Politics & SocietyThe Moral Economy
John W. Miller
The most ambitious attempt to unionize in Amazon’s 26-year history has been widely endorsed, including by Senator Marco Rubio.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
At the beginning of his Passion, Jesus bears witness to the truth as he allows himself to be proclaimed the messiah.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jan-Albert Hootsen
The gang truce in Querétaro was modeled after a similar pact among dozens of gangs in Monterrey. A nonprofit called Nacidos Para Triunfar played a crucial role in bringing gang members and civic authorities together.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
In an effort to reduce a budget deficit exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Vatican is cutting salaries for 6,000 higher-level employees.
FaithInterviews
J.D. Long García
“Jesus thought we were worth dying for,” the retired archbishop of Philadelphia said. ”There must be a lot of things that we ought to think are worth living and dying for.”