Who will win it all? Probably not a Catholic school, but hope springs eternal.
Michael O’Brien
Michael O’Brien is a Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., Fellow at America.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Three Catholic athletes who brought faith to the Olympics
Among the standout American athletes at this year’s Olympics were plenty whose hard work and accomplishments are also a source of pride and unity among U.S. Catholics.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
No spirituality without sustenance
A Reflection for Friday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Michael O’Brien
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
The lie that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute persisted for centuries. A new play reclaims her story.
“Magdalene: I am the utterance of my name” is advocating for setting the record straight on one of Christianity’s most vital disciples.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
A Catholic halfway house in Florida builds community among former inmates
Two-thirds of former prisoners in the United States are arrested again within three years of being released. A Catholic halfway house in Florida is trying to change that.
Posted inArts & Culture, Dispatches
M.L.B. added Negro League statistics to official record books. Are we finally telling the full history of baseball?
Major League Baseball is finally incorporating stats recorded by Negro League players as part of M.L.B.’s official record books.
Posted inArts & Culture, Dispatches
Why Pope Francis invited Stephen Colbert, Chris Rock and Whoopi Goldberg to the Vatican
Have you heard the one where Stephen Colbert, Whoopi Goldberg and Conan O’Brien walked into the Vatican?
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Review: Beth Gibbons makes a triumphant return to music with ‘Lives Outgrown’
Beth Gibbons is singular in many ways, and “Lives Outgrown” is a singular contemplation of the countless changes we experience throughout our lives and the ultimate change to come after we pass away.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
Who rules you?
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time, by Michael O’Brien
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Bill Walton—basketball legend, Deadhead and radical optimist—was a model of a life well-lived
“I wanted to be a basketball player, be a hippie, on tour with The Grateful Dead, be an adventurer. I didn’t spend my life trying to be the richest guy on Earth,” Walton once said about himself.