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FaithShort Take
Marcia Chatelain
Dr. King and St. Ignatius found themselves needing to turn inward to feel the graces that would inspire their hearts and their pens to share how God was working through them in moments of personal strife.
FaithNews
Catholic News Service
With “social injustice, division and conflict” threatening the common good, people need to rediscover and recommit to the vision of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Pope Francis said.
FaithFaith in Focus
Erika Rasmussen
What are we to do with the fact that the insurrectionists and presumably many more of President Trump’s supporters really treat this man like a messiah?
Politics & SocietyCatholic News Quiz
America Staff
How closely did you follow the news this week? Take our Catholic news quiz and find out.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kevin Jackson
And to those still tempted to go to Washington, D.C.: Please stay home.
Politics & SocietyNews
Kurt Jensen - Catholic News Service
For the first time since 1974, when it first began, the message of the national March for Life to participants is: Stay home.
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
With days left in President Trump’s term, Sister Susan Francois has followed through on her pledge to post a daily prayer, even if they have become a bit more assertive after the violent storming of the U.S. Capitol.
Joni Mitchell strums guitar outside the The Revolution Club, London, England, Sept. 17, 1968 (Alamy).
Arts & CultureMusic
Rob Weinert-Kendt
Like a master painter’s sketchbooks, “Archives” is uniquely revealing of the roots of Joni Mitchell’s distinctive voice both as a singer and a writer.
Arts & CultureTheater
Isabelle Senechal
It is a story made possible by young people’s collective efforts to find some creative solace during Covid-19.
Regé-Jean Page as Simon Basset and Phoebe Dynevor as Daphne “Bridgerton” (Liam Daniel/Netflix)
Arts & CultureTelevision
Simcha Fisher
Welcome to a world where soft porn meets Lisa Frank meets... not Jane Austen, but someone who has definitely heard of Jane Austen.
FaithNews
Catholic News Service
In one day, the Catholic Church on three continents lost three leaders to COVID-19.
FaithJesuitical
Jesuitical
This week on Jesuitical, the hosts talk with Father Bryan Massingale about the toxic mix of racism, idolatry and spiritual emptiness on display at the Capitol on Jan. 6—and how Christians should respond.
Politics & SocietyNews
Mark Zimmermann - Catholic News Service
Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory encouraged people to get the coronavirus vaccine and addressed the unrest of Jan. 6 that shook the nation.
Politics & SocietyInterviews
Bill McCormick, S.J.
In the elections of 2016 and 2020, Trump lost the popular vote. Yet he managed to win some of the most loyal Democratic communities in the nation.
FaithFaith in Focus
Matthew Zurcher
A picture of the Sacred Heart of Jesus hangs above my bed and is one of my most precious possessions. Its artist, like Jesus, has been condemned to die for his crimes.
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
For a variety of reasons, “especially in relation to the political situation” in the United States, the Legionaries of Christ university in Rome will not honor Father Frank Pavone.
FaithNews
Monika Scislowska - Associated PressCzarek Sokolowski - Associated Press
The activists could face up to two years in prison if convicted on charges of offending religious sentiment and desecration of Poland's most-revered icon.
FaithNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
Pope Francis told Uruguay's new ambassador to the Holy See that a future visit to the country as well as to his native Argentina is still very much on the table.
Politics & SocietyOf Many Things
Matt Malone, S.J.
President Trump’s departure from Washington, D.C., will not heal the country in the ways we tend to think it will. The cycle of rivalry and violence will likely recur.
Composite photo CNS/Cindy Wooden/Paul Haring
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The Australian government’s international financial watchdog, Austrac, said it overestimated bank transfers from Vatican City to Australia over the past six years by more than $1.5 billion dollars.