A Reflection for Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter, by Christopher Parker
Christopher Parker
Christopher Parker is a St. Louis-based journalist and former O'Hare Fellow at America. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Berkshire Eagle, the Smithsonian magazine and Notre Dame magazine. He is currently a reporter and digital editor for The Missourian, a newspaper serving Franklin County, Mo.
Posted inArt, Faith
The sculptor of ‘Homeless Jesus’ talks faith, art and social justice
Catholic sculptor Timothy Schmalz has designed the most recent sculpture in the Vatican—the first there since the 1600s—and his many other works similarly show marginalized peoples in the church.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
A new Catholic ministry brings the Eucharist to survivors of sexual abuse
Starting in March 2023, victims of sexual abuse in Saint Paul-Minneapolis who still wish to receive the Eucharist but find it too traumatic to enter a church can have the sacrament brought to them.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
When a Catholic diocese goes bankrupt, does it help or hurt sex abuse survivors?
Defenders of bankruptcy say it gives organizations a fair way to distribute assets to those seeking compensation. Some critics argue that the process allows church leaders to hide assets, especially real estate.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
How the Passion’s central question has inspired centuries of storytellers
A Reflection for the Wednesday of Holy Week, by Christopher Parker
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Trump chose Waco for his first major 2024 rally. The author of the Waco siege report sees disturbing parallels.
Former Missouri senator John Danforth said he has revisited his 1999 report since learning about the Trump rally in Waco and noticed similarities between the rhetoric of Mr. Trump and the conspiracy theorists of the 1990s.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Review: What HBO’s ‘The Last Of Us’ teaches us about parenting and persevering
HBO’s “The Last of Us” is based on a 2013 video game of the same name, which itself earned widespread praise for its emotional storyline.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
The problem of hatred—and how Christians are contributing to it
A Reflection for Saturday of the First Week of Lent, by Christopher Parker
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Interview: What’s it like to photograph Pope Francis?
Meet Paul Haring, the CNS photographer who covered the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and the election of Francis, numerous international papal trips and the daily action of Vatican life for over a decade.
Posted inGoodNews, Politics & Society
A state-funded reentry program stops the revolving door for Colorado’s formerly incarcerated
Prison reform advocates, including the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition and the Urban Institute, have praised the program for having “dramatically changed the field of re-entry in Colorado.”