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Arts & CultureIdeas
William Gualtiere
The relationship between Ray and his father is the part of ‘Field of Dreams’ that has the most meaning to me. The film expertly takes the audience on the journey of getting in a fight with your dad and its aftermath.
Community
America Media Events
Under the leadership of Father Sam Sawyer, S.J. March 31-April 9, 2025
FaithNews
Kurt Jensen – OSV News
Catholic journalist Tony Spence, who viewed his work as a "vocation of love" and served as director and editor-in-chief of Catholic News Service, passed away in Nashville at the age of 71.
Arts & CultureNews
Maureen Boyle - OSV News
Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda is celebrating three alumnae competing for the U.S. Women's Swim Team in Paris.
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, left, and opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez hold up vote tally sheets from the top of a truck during a protest against the official presidential election results declaring President Nicolas Maduro the winner in Caracas, Venezuela, on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, two days after the election. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)
Politics & SocietyThe Weekly Dispatch
Kevin Clarke
Hopes for political change in Venezuela were dashed just hours after polls closed when the National Electoral Council declared that Nicholás Maduro had been elected to a third term as president.
FaithScripture Reflections
Rachel Lu
A Reflection for Saturday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Rachel Lu
FaithNews
Ryan Di Corpo
More than 300 L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics and their allies will gather at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. this weekend “to build community, share best practices and worship together.”
Pope Benedict XVI meets Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, the new apostolic nuncio to the United States, at the Vatican in this Nov. 7, 2011, file photo. At that time Archbishop Vigano was preparing to leave the Vatican to serve as apostolic nuncio in the United States. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Colleen Dulle
Colleen Dulle reports on Archbishop Vigano’s trajectory from Vatican civil servant to excommunicant.
FaithFaith and Reason
Brian O. McDermott
What St. Ignatius' seminal phrase "Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam" can teach us about holiness.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
A Homily for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
J.D. Long García
Immigration is once again a central focus in Donald Trump’s pursuit of the White House.
FaithThe Word
August 4, 2024, the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: It is noteworthy that Ignatius sees what today’s Gospel also points out: God is the one who labors; God nourishes; and the community of faith is invited to trust in that reality. 
FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò was declared guilty of schism and excommunicated on July 4—another dramatic chapter in his fall from grace, following more than 40 years of faithful service as a Vatican diplomat. How did we get here?
Cork, Ireland’s second-biggest city, is now debating whether to continue beginning city council meetings with a prayer. In this photo from Dec. 8, 2022, a statue of Mary is carried during a procession through the streets of Cork in celebration of the feast of the Immaculate Conception. (CNS photo/Cillian Kelly)
FaithDispatches
Kevin Hargaden
A newly elected city councilor in Cork, Ireland, wants to stop the practice of opening meetings with a prayer. He also calls for the removal of a crucifix from the council chamber.
Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
James T. Keane
Gail Lumet Buckley, who died on July 18, was an award-winning chronicler of the African American experience. She once wrote of herself in 'America' that "I choose the cross of faith over the sword of ideology."
FaithFaith in Focus
Colleen Dulle
The method has deep roots in a form of communal discernment that was developed in Canada after the Second Vatican Council.
Politics & SocietyNews
Kate Scanlon - OSV News
President Joe Biden proposed a constitutional amendment regulating presidential immunity and structural changes to the Supreme Court, in response to a court ruling granting sweeping immunity to Donald Trump.
Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks at a campaign rally on July 22, 2024, in Radford, Va.  (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kathleen McChesney
I am a childless woman who has had a very happy, and blessed, life. For over 50 years, I have had a stake in the well-being of my country as well as in its future.
Delegations arrive at the Trocadero as spectators watch French singer Philippe Katerine performing on a giant screen, in Paris, during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26, 2024 in Paris. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kevin Clarke
The half-hearted “sorry if people were offended” apologies have been Olympian exercises in gaslighting, but I find myself wishing that the Christian community reserved some of that righteousness for more legitimate experiences of persecution.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Zac Davis
I just don’t care all that much about being insulted. I don’t think you should care that much. And I don’t think Jesus cares all that much, either!