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MagazineYour Take
Our readers
“Am I interested and concerned about the widening sex abuse scandal? Heck yes. It deeply grieves me. But I trust God’s work within our church.”
FaithThe Word
Michael Simone, S.J.
A disciple who seeks these signs can help the risen Christ restore some fallen corner of creation.
Arts & CultureBooks
And reading poetry, like the books in our 2018 poetry review, can be a great way to not make perfect sense of a thing, but to just be with a thing.
FaithYour Take
Our readers
“If they care about money above all, maybe they will listen to our outrage more once they suffer financially.”
FaithEditorials
The Editors
We must pray for the grace to proceed boldly wherever the painful truth of our failures leads us, trusting in the One who is faithful to the end.
A young man on Oct. 29 at a makeshift memorial outside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. (CNS photo/Cathal McNaughton, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyLast Take
John J. Conley, S.J.
First, we need to address the very image of God we present in our worship.
A man, part of a caravan of migrants from Central America to the United States, carries a girl Oct. 29 through the Suchiate River into Mexico from Guatemala. (CNS photo/Adrees Latif, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyJesuitical
Ashley McKinless
For Sister Norma Pimentel, who has worked on the U.S.-Mexico border for decades, migration is not a political issue; it is a human issue.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
J.D. Long García
The monument to the Virgin Mary, which will be surrounded by a meditation garden, was inspired by the Statue of Liberty and commissioned by the San Diego Organizing Project.
Politics & SocietyNews
J.D. Long García
Hosffman Ospino, an associate professor of Hispanic ministry and religious education at Boston College, moderated a panel discussion on Latinos and Catholic education Oct. 30 at The Catholic University of America.
Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury (photo: Fox)
Arts & CultureFilm
John Anderson
Queen’s Freddie Mercury was pop’s most flamboyant performer—a closeted icon who rode a gay aesthetic to stardom.
Politics & SocietyNews
Doreen Ajiambo
As dawn breaks in this eastern Kenyan town, Father Francis Riwa and his team head to the streets to find and rescue vulnerable children.
Politics & SocietyNews
Rhina Guidos - Catholic News Service
A New York auxiliary bishop has been removed from public ministry pending a Vatican review of a decades-old accusation of sexual abuse against him, a claim he denies, the Archdiocese of New York said in a letter released Oct. 31.
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
Sister Carol Keehan, a Daughter of Charity, has announced her retirement as president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association of the United States, effective June 30, 2019.
Politics & SocietyNews
Sonia Perez - Associated Press
Thousands of Central American migrants resumed their slow trek through southern Mexico on Thursday, and activists aiding the group said they were shifting their route toward the Gulf coast, a path closer to the Texas border.
Politics & SocietyNews
Munir AhmedAsim Tanveer - Associated Press
A Christian woman acquitted in Pakistan after eight years on death row for blasphemy plans to leave the country soon, her family said Thursday, and authorities said they arrested two prisoners last month for conspiring to kill her.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
On the Feast of All Souls, we recall how different God is from us, how wonderfully alien the halls of heaven are.
“Saint Augustine and his mother, Saint Monica,” by Ary Scheffer (1846)
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
When we gather for Eucharist, we gather with Christ and with all of his saints.
FaithNews
Ryan J. Foley - Associated Press
A Roman Catholic diocese acknowledged Wednesday that it concealed for decades a priest's admission that he sexually abused dozens of Iowa boys — a silence that may have put other children in danger.
Politics & SocietyFeatures
Ronald E. Osborn
President Trump’s triumph has revealed in stark relief how few authentic conservatives are left in our expressivist land.
FaithVideo
America Video
Fr. James Martin reflects on his favorite saints. This week's topic: Saint Joan of Arc.