“You can meditate on the Sunday Gospel on your own, consult a Bible commentary about the readings, gather your family to talk about the Gospel or call friends and share your experiences of how God is present to you, even in the midst of a crisis,” James Martin, S.J., wrote.
Ryan Di Corpo
Ryan Di Corpo previously served as the managing editor of Outreach and was also a former Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., Fellow at America.
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U.S. dioceses suspend Masses and close churches as coronavirus pandemic escalates
The Archdiocese of Seattle has been joined by numerous other dioceses, including those of Little Rock, Salt Lake City, and Santa Fe, in canceling public Masses. Major archdioceses, such as in Chicago and Newark, have undertaken similar precautious.
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‘Catholics for Trump’ rally in Milwaukee not endorsed by church or local archbishop
Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki of Milwaukee would not endorse the president’s upcoming rally.
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Jesuit schools respond to coronavirus with closures
Fordham University announced on March 9 that, in addition to a prior decision canceling all on-campus activities, the university would only conduct classes online beginning on March 11.
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In ‘Sister,’ state retribution is no match for Helen Prejean
To its benefit, “Sister,” directed by Joe Cardona and José L. Vázquez, does not focus exclusively on Sister Helen’s work against the death penalty but also discusses her early life and spiritual formation.
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The story behind the lost neighborhood where ‘West Side Story’ is set
The setting of “West Side Story” is San Juan Hill, the nickname of the Lincoln Square area of Upper West Side of Manhattan—an area bulldozed and redeveloped into the Lincoln Center performing arts complex in the early 1960s.
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After student protest, Creighton University endorses plan to begin divestment from fossil fuels
Last November, 85.8 percent of voting students—2,438 in total—supported a nonbinding referendum that urged university trustees to sell off the then-10.6 percent of the university endowment that was invested in fossil fuel corporations by 2025.
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Review: In ‘The Traitor,’ the truth may not set you free
As did Martin Scorsese in “The Irishman,” director Marco Bellochio poses challenging questions about guilt and the nature of truth in “The Traitor,” a film which does much to remove the glossy veneer of organized crime.
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Some disappointed, some enraptured by Pope Francis’ ‘Querida Amazonia’
Archbishop José H.Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, wrote in a statement released on Feb. 12 that Pope Francis has provided “a hopeful and challenging vision of the future of the Amazon region.”
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Catholic health professionals criticize Trump’s 2021 proposed budget cuts to Medicaid
The president’s proposal, released on Monday, extends the tax cuts he signed in 2017 for a decade, increases spending on defense and veterans’ affairs, cuts foreign aid and makes significant cuts to safety net programs, including Medicaid and programs created by the Affordable Care Act.